Lake Shore vs Venersborg

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Shore and Venersborg: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Shore and Venersborg are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Shore has the higher population (6,601 vs 4,827 in Venersborg). Lake Shore has the higher median household income ($132,102 vs $126,667 in Venersborg). Venersborg has the higher median home value ($679,400 vs $557,200 in Lake Shore).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Shore	Venersborg
Population	6,601	4,827
Median age	46.8 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$132,102	$126,667
Median home value	$557,200	$679,400
Median gross rent	$2,141	$1,685
Housing units	2,700	1,565
Homeownership rate	88.0%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Shore	Venersborg
Population	7,599 → 6,601 (-13.1%)	4,227 → 4,827 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$88,279 → $132,102 (+49.6%)	$118,889 → $126,667 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$334,500 → $557,200 (+66.6%)	$460,800 → $679,400 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,691 → $2,141 (+26.6%)	$1,750 → $1,685 (-3.7%)

Lake Shore

Population

7,5996,601

Median household income

$88,279$132,102

Median home value

$334,500$557,200

Median gross rent

$1,691$2,141

Venersborg

Population

4,2274,827

Median household income

$118,889$126,667

Median home value

$460,800$679,400

Median gross rent

$1,750$1,685

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Shore	Venersborg
Under 5	3.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	18.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	8.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	16.8%	9.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	16.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	13.5%
75 and over	8.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Shore	Venersborg
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	87.8%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Shore	Venersborg
No high school diploma	2.5%	6.3%
High school graduate	23.4%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Shore	Venersborg
Drove alone	75.0%	71.0%
Carpooled	3.2%	7.7%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	19.3%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Shore	Venersborg
1-unit, detached	98.2%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake Shore	Venersborg
Poverty rate	1.9%	2.7%
Average household size	2.48	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1978	1991