Cottage Lake vs Tukwila

A side-by-side comparison of Cottage Lake and Tukwila: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cottage Lake has the higher population (23,170 vs 21,479 in Tukwila). Cottage Lake has the higher median household income ($197,331 vs $80,534 in Tukwila). Cottage Lake has the higher median home value ($1,164,000 vs $462,800 in Tukwila).

Population, income & housing

	Cottage Lake	Tukwila
Population	23,170	21,479
Median age	44.2 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$197,331	$80,534
Median home value	$1,164,000	$462,800
Median gross rent	$2,374	$1,786
Housing units	8,129	8,431
Homeownership rate	91.7%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.7%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottage Lake	Tukwila
Population	22,677 → 23,170 (+2.2%)	20,196 → 21,479 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$161,233 → $197,331 (+22.4%)	$58,097 → $80,534 (+38.6%)
Median home value	$798,200 → $1,164,000 (+45.8%)	$315,000 → $462,800 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,992 → $2,374 (+19.2%)	$1,282 → $1,786 (+39.3%)

Cottage Lake

Population

22,67723,170

Median household income

$161,233$197,331

Median home value

$798,200$1,164,000

Median gross rent

$1,992$2,374

Tukwila

Population

20,19621,479

Median household income

$58,097$80,534

Median home value

$315,000$462,800

Median gross rent

$1,282$1,786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottage Lake	Tukwila
Under 5	6.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	14.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	8.4%	22.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	16.0%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.1%
55 to 64	17.0%	9.9%
65 to 74	12.0%	6.5%
75 and over	4.9%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottage Lake	Tukwila
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	27.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	17.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	8.9%	22.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	3.6%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	23.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottage Lake	Tukwila
No high school diploma	3.4%	17.8%
High school graduate	10.3%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	41.0%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottage Lake	Tukwila
Drove alone	61.7%	66.8%
Carpooled	5.3%	9.1%
Public transit	0.9%	9.2%
Walked	0.3%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	30.2%	12.1%
Other means	1.5%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottage Lake	Tukwila
1-unit, detached	96.9%	36.9%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	21.8%
20 or more units	0.3%	28.2%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Cottage Lake	Tukwila
Poverty rate	3.1%	12.3%
Average household size	2.93	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1984	1978