Carnation vs Shadow Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Carnation and Shadow Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carnation has the higher population (2,476 vs 2,221 in Shadow Lake). Carnation has the higher median household income ($141,097 vs $137,407 in Shadow Lake). Shadow Lake has the higher median home value ($847,100 vs $775,800 in Carnation).

Population, income & housing

	Carnation	Shadow Lake
Population	2,476	2,221
Median age	37.7 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$141,097	$137,407
Median home value	$775,800	$847,100
Median gross rent	$1,831	$1,443
Housing units	838	823
Homeownership rate	81.4%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carnation	Shadow Lake
Population	1,835 → 2,476 (+34.9%)	2,434 → 2,221 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$104,044 → $141,097 (+35.6%)	$110,625 → $137,407 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$462,300 → $775,800 (+67.8%)	$486,900 → $847,100 (+74.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,273 → $1,831 (+43.8%)	$1,200 → $1,443 (+20.3%)

Carnation

Population

1,8352,476

Median household income

$104,044$141,097

Median home value

$462,300$775,800

Median gross rent

$1,273$1,831

Shadow Lake

Population

2,4342,221

Median household income

$110,625$137,407

Median home value

$486,900$847,100

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,443

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carnation	Shadow Lake
Under 5	7.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	19.1%	19.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	7.4%
35 to 44	16.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	17.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	12.2%
75 and over	1.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carnation	Shadow Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	75.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	13.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carnation	Shadow Lake
No high school diploma	8.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	18.4%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carnation	Shadow Lake
Drove alone	68.4%	70.8%
Carpooled	6.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.5%	23.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carnation	Shadow Lake
1-unit, detached	87.0%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Carnation	Shadow Lake
Poverty rate	2.1%	3.6%
Average household size	2.99	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	34	42
Median year structure built	1988	1979