Soap Lake vs Warden

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

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

Warden has the higher population (2,531 vs 1,286 in Soap Lake). Warden has the higher median home value ($171,900 vs $156,300 in Soap Lake). Since 2019, Warden's population has grown faster (-8.2% vs -17.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Soap Lake	Warden
Population	1,286	2,531
Median age	41.8 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$52,344
Median home value	$156,300	$171,900
Median gross rent	$605	$819
Housing units	899	884
Homeownership rate	63.7%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Soap Lake	Warden
Population	1,551 → 1,286 (-17.1%)	2,756 → 2,531 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$32,826 → $43,009 (+31.0%)	$38,833 → $52,344 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $156,300 (+42.1%)	$108,000 → $171,900 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$460 → $605 (+31.5%)	$681 → $819 (+20.3%)

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

Warden

Population

2,7562,531

Median household income

$38,833$52,344

Median home value

$108,000$171,900

Median gross rent

$681$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Soap Lake	Warden
Under 5	4.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	22.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	13.1%
25 to 34	6.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	17.7%	11.2%
45 to 54	4.9%	8.4%
55 to 64	15.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	12.1%	9.8%
75 and over	12.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Soap Lake	Warden
White (non-Hispanic)	52.0%	22.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.4%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	74.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Soap Lake	Warden
No high school diploma	21.3%	31.3%
High school graduate	27.8%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Soap Lake	Warden
Drove alone	84.2%	83.5%
Carpooled	2.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	3.2%
Other means	5.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Soap Lake	Warden
1-unit, detached	41.2%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	15.9%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	28.7%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	Soap Lake	Warden
Poverty rate	29.5%	19.0%
Average household size	2.08	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1958	1975