Elk Plain vs Lake Tapps

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

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

Elk Plain has the higher population (13,863 vs 12,360 in Lake Tapps). Lake Tapps has the higher median household income ($145,250 vs $101,250 in Elk Plain). Lake Tapps has the higher median home value ($693,300 vs $440,300 in Elk Plain).

Population, income & housing

	Elk Plain	Lake Tapps
Population	13,863	12,360
Median age	39.3 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$101,250	$145,250
Median home value	$440,300	$693,300
Median gross rent	$1,908	$2,004
Housing units	5,048	4,695
Homeownership rate	83.9%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk Plain	Lake Tapps
Population	15,167 → 13,863 (-8.6%)	12,838 → 12,360 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$70,041 → $101,250 (+44.6%)	$116,942 → $145,250 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$228,700 → $440,300 (+92.5%)	$431,000 → $693,300 (+60.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,360 → $1,908 (+40.3%)	$1,526 → $2,004 (+31.3%)

Elk Plain

Population

15,16713,863

Median household income

$70,041$101,250

Median home value

$228,700$440,300

Median gross rent

$1,360$1,908

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)

	Elk Plain	Lake Tapps
Under 5	4.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	19.7%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	16.0%	7.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	16.3%
55 to 64	16.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	12.9%
75 and over	5.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk Plain	Lake Tapps
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	82.5%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.3%
Asian	4.6%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.3%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk Plain	Lake Tapps
No high school diploma	6.9%	4.2%
High school graduate	38.5%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk Plain	Lake Tapps
Drove alone	81.7%	71.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	7.7%
Public transit	0.1%	2.6%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	17.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk Plain	Lake Tapps
1-unit, detached	85.9%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Elk Plain	Lake Tapps
Poverty rate	6.8%	5.0%
Average household size	2.87	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	36	38
Median year structure built	1993	1986