Lakeview vs Soap Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Lakeview and Soap Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lakeview has the higher population (1,601 vs 1,286 in Soap Lake). Lakeview has the higher median home value ($200,300 vs $156,300 in Soap Lake). Since 2019, Lakeview's population has grown faster (+53.4% vs -17.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeview	Soap Lake
Population	1,601	1,286
Median age	23.9 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,167	—
Median home value	$200,300	$156,300
Median gross rent	$993	$605
Housing units	509	899
Homeownership rate	65.4%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeview	Soap Lake
Population	1,044 → 1,601 (+53.4%)	1,551 → 1,286 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$44,875 → $49,167 (+9.6%)	$32,826 → $43,009 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$152,700 → $200,300 (+31.2%)	$110,000 → $156,300 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $993 (+30.0%)	$460 → $605 (+31.5%)

Lakeview

Population

1,0441,601

Median household income

$44,875$49,167

Median home value

$152,700$200,300

Median gross rent

$764$993

Soap Lake

Population

1,5511,286

Median household income

$32,826$43,009

Median home value

$110,000$156,300

Median gross rent

$460$605

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeview	Soap Lake
Under 5	7.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	21.0%	16.8%
18 to 24	21.4%	10.2%
25 to 34	6.9%	6.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	17.7%
45 to 54	3.0%	4.9%
55 to 64	9.2%	15.1%
65 to 74	12.6%	12.1%
75 and over	4.1%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeview	Soap Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	52.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	4.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.1%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	43.8%	31.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeview	Soap Lake
No high school diploma	6.0%	21.3%
High school graduate	45.5%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeview	Soap Lake
Drove alone	66.4%	84.2%
Carpooled	28.4%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeview	Soap Lake
1-unit, detached	54.0%	41.2%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.9%	28.7%

Poverty & households

	Lakeview	Soap Lake
Poverty rate	19.6%	29.5%
Average household size	3.20	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1977	1958