Desert Aire vs Lakeview

A side-by-side comparison of Desert Aire and Lakeview: population, income, housing, and more.

Desert Aire and Lakeview are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Desert Aire has the higher population (2,953 vs 1,601 in Lakeview). Desert Aire has the higher median household income ($83,482 vs $49,167 in Lakeview). Desert Aire has the higher median home value ($434,600 vs $200,300 in Lakeview).

Population, income & housing

	Desert Aire	Lakeview
Population	2,953	1,601
Median age	30.4 yrs	23.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,482	$49,167
Median home value	$434,600	$200,300
Median gross rent	$1,689	$993
Housing units	1,322	509
Homeownership rate	85.6%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desert Aire	Lakeview
Population	2,712 → 2,953 (+8.9%)	1,044 → 1,601 (+53.4%)
Median household income	$66,127 → $83,482 (+26.2%)	$44,875 → $49,167 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$233,400 → $434,600 (+86.2%)	$152,700 → $200,300 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,042 → $1,689 (+62.1%)	$764 → $993 (+30.0%)

Desert Aire

Population

2,7122,953

Median household income

$66,127$83,482

Median home value

$233,400$434,600

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,689

Lakeview

Population

1,0441,601

Median household income

$44,875$49,167

Median home value

$152,700$200,300

Median gross rent

$764$993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desert Aire	Lakeview
Under 5	8.6%	7.9%
5 to 17	26.2%	21.0%
18 to 24	0.9%	21.4%
25 to 34	16.3%	6.9%
35 to 44	18.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	4.8%	3.0%
55 to 64	5.5%	9.2%
65 to 74	15.1%	12.6%
75 and over	4.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desert Aire	Lakeview
White (non-Hispanic)	30.5%	54.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	68.8%	43.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desert Aire	Lakeview
No high school diploma	27.4%	6.0%
High school graduate	20.5%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desert Aire	Lakeview
Drove alone	65.5%	66.4%
Carpooled	30.2%	28.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desert Aire	Lakeview
1-unit, detached	69.6%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.1%	37.9%

Poverty & households

	Desert Aire	Lakeview
Poverty rate	6.4%	19.6%
Average household size	2.96	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	2002	1977