Lakeland North vs White Center

A side-by-side comparison of Lakeland North and White Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Lakeland North and White Center are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

White Center has the higher population (15,017 vs 14,664 in Lakeland North). Lakeland North has the higher median household income ($111,681 vs $82,500 in White Center). White Center has the higher median home value ($591,500 vs $501,600 in Lakeland North).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeland North	White Center
Population	14,664	15,017
Median age	42.0 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$111,681	$82,500
Median home value	$501,600	$591,500
Median gross rent	$2,227	$1,556
Housing units	4,980	6,014
Homeownership rate	74.2%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeland North	White Center
Population	12,867 → 14,664 (+14.0%)	15,834 → 15,017 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$93,413 → $111,681 (+19.6%)	$58,704 → $82,500 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$319,800 → $501,600 (+56.8%)	$383,900 → $591,500 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,699 → $2,227 (+31.1%)	$1,192 → $1,556 (+30.5%)

Lakeland North

Population

12,86714,664

Median household income

$93,413$111,681

Median home value

$319,800$501,600

Median gross rent

$1,699$2,227

White Center

Population

15,83415,017

Median household income

$58,704$82,500

Median home value

$383,900$591,500

Median gross rent

$1,192$1,556

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeland North	White Center
Under 5	4.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.2%	15.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	16.2%
45 to 54	15.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.3%
75 and over	6.3%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeland North	White Center
White (non-Hispanic)	43.3%	36.2%
Black or African American	10.8%	13.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.9%
Asian	16.4%	22.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	7.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	21.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeland North	White Center
No high school diploma	11.7%	15.5%
High school graduate	23.7%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeland North	White Center
Drove alone	67.9%	55.3%
Carpooled	17.0%	17.0%
Public transit	1.5%	8.4%
Walked	0.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.0%	17.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeland North	White Center
1-unit, detached	77.4%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	12.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	11.7%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Lakeland North	White Center
Poverty rate	10.0%	17.1%
Average household size	2.96	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1978	1975