Fall City vs Shadow Lake

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

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

Shadow Lake has the higher population (2,221 vs 1,743 in Fall City). Fall City has the higher median household income ($144,625 vs $137,407 in Shadow Lake). Shadow Lake has the higher median home value ($847,100 vs $837,100 in Fall City).

Population, income & housing

	Fall City	Shadow Lake
Population	1,743	2,221
Median age	48.4 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$144,625	$137,407
Median home value	$837,100	$847,100
Median gross rent	$1,781	$1,443
Housing units	765	823
Homeownership rate	77.3%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.9%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fall City	Shadow Lake
Population	2,426 → 1,743 (-28.2%)	2,434 → 2,221 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$105,160 → $144,625 (+37.5%)	$110,625 → $137,407 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$510,100 → $837,100 (+64.1%)	$486,900 → $847,100 (+74.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,226 → $1,781 (+45.3%)	$1,200 → $1,443 (+20.3%)

Fall City

Population

2,4261,743

Median household income

$105,160$144,625

Median home value

$510,100$837,100

Median gross rent

$1,226$1,781

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)

	Fall City	Shadow Lake
Under 5	8.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	7.8%	19.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	7.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	14.2%	17.2%
55 to 64	17.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	12.1%	12.2%
75 and over	9.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fall City	Shadow Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	75.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	13.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fall City	Shadow Lake
No high school diploma	8.2%	1.9%
High school graduate	26.7%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.5%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fall City	Shadow Lake
Drove alone	52.8%	70.8%
Carpooled	9.1%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	38.1%	23.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fall City	Shadow Lake
1-unit, detached	89.3%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Fall City	Shadow Lake
Poverty rate	4.5%	3.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	30	42
Median year structure built	1972	1979