Enumclaw vs Lake Forest Park

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

Enumclaw 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 12,663 in Enumclaw). Lake Forest Park has the higher median household income ($158,868 vs $116,563 in Enumclaw). Lake Forest Park has the higher median home value ($928,700 vs $498,700 in Enumclaw).

Population, income & housing

	Enumclaw	Lake Forest Park
Population	12,663	13,356
Median age	38.9 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$116,563	$158,868
Median home value	$498,700	$928,700
Median gross rent	$1,672	$2,205
Housing units	5,463	5,467
Homeownership rate	73.3%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	66.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Enumclaw	Lake Forest Park
Population	11,879 → 12,663 (+6.6%)	13,430 → 13,356 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$61,010 → $116,563 (+91.1%)	$126,750 → $158,868 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$299,000 → $498,700 (+66.8%)	$623,500 → $928,700 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,150 → $1,672 (+45.4%)	$1,617 → $2,205 (+36.4%)

Enumclaw

Population

11,87912,663

Median household income

$61,010$116,563

Median home value

$299,000$498,700

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,672

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)

	Enumclaw	Lake Forest Park
Under 5	8.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	16.4%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.1%
75 and over	7.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Enumclaw	Lake Forest Park
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	71.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	1.6%	11.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.7%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	8.3%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Enumclaw	Lake Forest Park
No high school diploma	5.1%	3.3%
High school graduate	32.6%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	28.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Enumclaw	Lake Forest Park
Drove alone	74.2%	54.1%
Carpooled	8.4%	6.6%
Public transit	1.2%	5.6%
Walked	1.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	11.9%	29.0%
Other means	2.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Enumclaw	Lake Forest Park
1-unit, detached	66.6%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	4.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Enumclaw	Lake Forest Park
Poverty rate	8.3%	3.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1986	1968