Lake Forest Park vs Newcastle

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

Lake Forest Park and Newcastle 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 12,945 in Newcastle). Newcastle has the higher median household income ($162,646 vs $158,868 in Lake Forest Park). Newcastle has the higher median home value ($1,128,200 vs $928,700 in Lake Forest Park).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Forest Park	Newcastle
Population	13,356	12,945
Median age	42.8 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$158,868	$162,646
Median home value	$928,700	$1,128,200
Median gross rent	$2,205	$2,314
Housing units	5,467	5,723
Homeownership rate	80.8%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.0%	71.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Forest Park	Newcastle
Population	13,430 → 13,356 (-0.6%)	11,750 → 12,945 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$126,750 → $158,868 (+25.3%)	$129,828 → $162,646 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$623,500 → $928,700 (+48.9%)	$759,500 → $1,128,200 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,617 → $2,205 (+36.4%)	$1,814 → $2,314 (+27.6%)

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

Newcastle

Population

11,75012,945

Median household income

$129,828$162,646

Median home value

$759,500$1,128,200

Median gross rent

$1,814$2,314

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Forest Park	Newcastle
Under 5	3.9%	7.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	18.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	15.0%
45 to 54	16.4%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.5%
75 and over	6.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Forest Park	Newcastle
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	40.4%
Black or African American	4.2%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	11.2%	39.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	3.1%
Two or more races	6.9%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Forest Park	Newcastle
No high school diploma	3.3%	1.7%
High school graduate	8.5%	8.2%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	37.3%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	28.7%	32.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Forest Park	Newcastle
Drove alone	54.1%	61.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.0%
Public transit	5.6%	2.6%
Walked	2.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	1.5%
Worked from home	29.0%	26.8%
Other means	1.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Forest Park	Newcastle
1-unit, detached	79.6%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	9.2%	25.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Forest Park	Newcastle
Poverty rate	3.6%	3.1%
Average household size	2.52	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1968	1999