Edgewood vs Lake Tapps

A side-by-side comparison of Edgewood and Lake Tapps: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Edgewood has the higher population (12,683 vs 12,360 in Lake Tapps). Lake Tapps has the higher median household income ($145,250 vs $114,342 in Edgewood). Lake Tapps has the higher median home value ($693,300 vs $664,000 in Edgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewood	Lake Tapps
Population	12,683	12,360
Median age	38.8 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$114,342	$145,250
Median home value	$664,000	$693,300
Median gross rent	$1,837	$2,004
Housing units	4,884	4,695
Homeownership rate	69.3%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewood	Lake Tapps
Population	11,264 → 12,683 (+12.6%)	12,838 → 12,360 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$100,110 → $114,342 (+14.2%)	$116,942 → $145,250 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$409,100 → $664,000 (+62.3%)	$431,000 → $693,300 (+60.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,362 → $1,837 (+34.9%)	$1,526 → $2,004 (+31.3%)

Edgewood

Population

11,26412,683

Median household income

$100,110$114,342

Median home value

$409,100$664,000

Median gross rent

$1,362$1,837

Lake Tapps

Population

12,83812,360

Median household income

$116,942$145,250

Median home value

$431,000$693,300

Median gross rent

$1,526$2,004

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewood	Lake Tapps
Under 5	5.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	19.9%	19.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	7.2%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	16.3%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.9%
75 and over	5.2%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewood	Lake Tapps
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	82.5%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	6.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.3%
Some other race	1.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewood	Lake Tapps
No high school diploma	3.6%	4.2%
High school graduate	25.2%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewood	Lake Tapps
Drove alone	63.7%	71.1%
Carpooled	15.3%	7.7%
Public transit	2.1%	2.6%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	17.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewood	Lake Tapps
1-unit, detached	73.6%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	0.5%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Edgewood	Lake Tapps
Poverty rate	4.7%	5.0%
Average household size	2.73	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	28	38
Median year structure built	1988	1986