Banks Lake South vs Sunland Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Banks Lake South and Sunland Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Banks Lake South has the higher population (216 vs 85 in Sunland Estates). Sunland Estates has the higher median household income ($79,583 vs $42,917 in Banks Lake South). Sunland Estates has the higher median home value ($506,000 vs $252,400 in Banks Lake South).

Population, income & housing

	Banks Lake South	Sunland Estates
Population	216	85
Median age	48.6 yrs	67.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,917	$79,583
Median home value	$252,400	$506,000
Housing units	102	529
Homeownership rate	82.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Banks Lake South	Sunland Estates
Population	146 → 216 (+47.9%)	65 → 85 (+30.8%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $42,917 (+22.6%)	$94,479 → $79,583 (-15.8%)
Median home value	$222,500 → $252,400 (+13.4%)	$495,800 → $506,000 (+2.1%)

Banks Lake South

Population

146216

Median household income

$35,000$42,917

Median home value

$222,500$252,400

Sunland Estates

Population

6585

Median household income

$94,479$79,583

Median home value

$495,800$506,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Banks Lake South	Sunland Estates
Under 5	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	26.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	9.4%
65 to 74	20.4%	67.1%
75 and over	9.7%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Banks Lake South	Sunland Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	20.4%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Banks Lake South	Sunland Estates
No high school diploma	4.0%	9.4%
High school graduate	26.4%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	56.8%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Banks Lake South	Sunland Estates
Drove alone	80.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Banks Lake South	Sunland Estates
1-unit, detached	39.2%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	60.8%	37.2%

Poverty & households

	Banks Lake South	Sunland Estates
Poverty rate	10.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.48	1.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1993	2002