Issaquah vs Shoreline

A side-by-side comparison of Issaquah and Shoreline: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shoreline has the higher population (59,280 vs 39,472 in Issaquah). Issaquah has the higher median household income ($153,786 vs $113,336 in Shoreline). Issaquah has the higher median home value ($934,100 vs $759,400 in Shoreline).

Population, income & housing

	Issaquah	Shoreline
Population	39,472	59,280
Median age	37.2 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$153,786	$113,336
Median home value	$934,100	$759,400
Median gross rent	$2,484	$1,938
Housing units	17,180	24,280
Homeownership rate	58.7%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.6%	52.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Issaquah	Shoreline
Population	37,965 → 39,472 (+4.0%)	56,267 → 59,280 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$109,676 → $153,786 (+40.2%)	$86,827 → $113,336 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$642,300 → $934,100 (+45.4%)	$519,900 → $759,400 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,982 → $2,484 (+25.3%)	$1,574 → $1,938 (+23.1%)

Issaquah

Population

37,96539,472

Median household income

$109,676$153,786

Median home value

$642,300$934,100

Median gross rent

$1,982$2,484

Shoreline

Population

56,26759,280

Median household income

$86,827$113,336

Median home value

$519,900$759,400

Median gross rent

$1,574$1,938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Issaquah	Shoreline
Under 5	4.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.3%	13.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	19.0%	14.1%
35 to 44	18.2%	15.7%
45 to 54	14.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	8.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	6.4%	11.7%
75 and over	6.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Issaquah	Shoreline
White (non-Hispanic)	56.1%	63.2%
Black or African American	1.6%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	27.6%	14.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	1.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	7.7%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Issaquah	Shoreline
No high school diploma	2.3%	5.1%
High school graduate	7.6%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	39.0%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	30.5%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Issaquah	Shoreline
Drove alone	49.7%	59.1%
Carpooled	6.8%	7.8%
Public transit	3.5%	7.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	36.7%	22.6%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Issaquah	Shoreline
1-unit, detached	37.3%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	15.4%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	19.5%	7.4%
20 or more units	21.8%	19.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Issaquah	Shoreline
Poverty rate	5.9%	8.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	2002	1968