East Renton Highlands vs Lake Forest Park

A side-by-side comparison of East Renton Highlands and Lake Forest Park: population, income, housing, and more.

East Renton Highlands and Lake Forest Park are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Forest Park has the higher population (13,356 vs 12,241 in East Renton Highlands). Lake Forest Park has the higher median household income ($158,868 vs $140,048 in East Renton Highlands). Lake Forest Park has the higher median home value ($928,700 vs $709,300 in East Renton Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	East Renton Highlands	Lake Forest Park
Population	12,241	13,356
Median age	41.3 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$140,048	$158,868
Median home value	$709,300	$928,700
Median gross rent	$2,697	$2,205
Housing units	4,371	5,467
Homeownership rate	90.0%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	66.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Renton Highlands	Lake Forest Park
Population	11,842 → 12,241 (+3.4%)	13,430 → 13,356 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$105,755 → $140,048 (+32.4%)	$126,750 → $158,868 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$506,600 → $709,300 (+40.0%)	$623,500 → $928,700 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,066 → $2,697 (+30.5%)	$1,617 → $2,205 (+36.4%)

East Renton Highlands

Population

11,84212,241

Median household income

$105,755$140,048

Median home value

$506,600$709,300

Median gross rent

$2,066$2,697

Lake Forest Park

Population

13,43013,356

Median household income

$126,750$158,868

Median home value

$623,500$928,700

Median gross rent

$1,617$2,205

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Renton Highlands	Lake Forest Park
Under 5	5.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	20.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	8.4%	13.9%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	15.4%	16.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.1%
75 and over	7.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Renton Highlands	Lake Forest Park
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	71.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	6.8%	11.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	10.9%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Renton Highlands	Lake Forest Park
No high school diploma	6.5%	3.3%
High school graduate	23.8%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	28.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Renton Highlands	Lake Forest Park
Drove alone	65.4%	54.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	6.6%
Public transit	2.1%	5.6%
Walked	1.6%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	23.5%	29.0%
Other means	0.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Renton Highlands	Lake Forest Park
1-unit, detached	91.9%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Renton Highlands	Lake Forest Park
Poverty rate	2.1%	3.6%
Average household size	2.83	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1974	1968