Cottage Lake vs Union Hill-Novelty Hill

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

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

Union Hill-Novelty Hill has the higher population (23,272 vs 23,170 in Cottage Lake). Cottage Lake has the higher median household income ($197,331 vs $181,820 in Union Hill-Novelty Hill). Union Hill-Novelty Hill has the higher median home value ($1,174,100 vs $1,164,000 in Cottage Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Cottage Lake	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Population	23,170	23,272
Median age	44.2 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$197,331	$181,820
Median home value	$1,164,000	$1,174,100
Median gross rent	$2,374	$2,597
Housing units	8,129	8,843
Homeownership rate	91.7%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.7%	71.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottage Lake	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Population	22,677 → 23,170 (+2.2%)	21,992 → 23,272 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$161,233 → $197,331 (+22.4%)	$150,239 → $181,820 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$798,200 → $1,164,000 (+45.8%)	$809,000 → $1,174,100 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,992 → $2,374 (+19.2%)	$1,989 → $2,597 (+30.6%)

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

Union Hill-Novelty Hill

Population

21,99223,272

Median household income

$150,239$181,820

Median home value

$809,000$1,174,100

Median gross rent

$1,989$2,597

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottage Lake	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Under 5	6.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	19.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	2.7%
25 to 34	8.4%	8.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.5%
45 to 54	14.5%	15.1%
55 to 64	17.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.2%
75 and over	4.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottage Lake	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	59.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	8.9%	27.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.3%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottage Lake	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
No high school diploma	3.4%	1.5%
High school graduate	10.3%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	41.0%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottage Lake	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Drove alone	61.7%	51.7%
Carpooled	5.3%	4.1%
Public transit	0.9%	2.3%
Walked	0.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	30.2%	40.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottage Lake	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
1-unit, detached	96.9%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.3%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Cottage Lake	Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Poverty rate	3.1%	5.1%
Average household size	2.93	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1984	2001