Fife vs Lake Tapps

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

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

Lake Tapps has the higher population (12,360 vs 10,902 in Fife). Lake Tapps has the higher median household income ($145,250 vs $90,515 in Fife). Lake Tapps has the higher median home value ($693,300 vs $480,600 in Fife).

Population, income & housing

	Fife	Lake Tapps
Population	10,902	12,360
Median age	31.9 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$90,515	$145,250
Median home value	$480,600	$693,300
Median gross rent	$1,836	$2,004
Housing units	4,279	4,695
Homeownership rate	46.5%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fife	Lake Tapps
Population	10,096 → 10,902 (+8.0%)	12,838 → 12,360 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$66,144 → $90,515 (+36.8%)	$116,942 → $145,250 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$288,500 → $480,600 (+66.6%)	$431,000 → $693,300 (+60.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,351 → $1,836 (+35.9%)	$1,526 → $2,004 (+31.3%)

Fife

Population

10,09610,902

Median household income

$66,144$90,515

Median home value

$288,500$480,600

Median gross rent

$1,351$1,836

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)

	Fife	Lake Tapps
Under 5	6.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	19.0%	19.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	22.7%	7.2%
35 to 44	16.4%	14.3%
45 to 54	9.4%	16.3%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	5.0%	12.9%
75 and over	2.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fife	Lake Tapps
White (non-Hispanic)	39.6%	82.5%
Black or African American	9.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.3%
Asian	16.2%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fife	Lake Tapps
No high school diploma	8.9%	4.2%
High school graduate	25.5%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fife	Lake Tapps
Drove alone	75.8%	71.1%
Carpooled	9.8%	7.7%
Public transit	1.4%	2.6%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	17.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fife	Lake Tapps
1-unit, detached	41.1%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	27.9%	0.5%
20 or more units	9.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Fife	Lake Tapps
Poverty rate	11.5%	5.0%
Average household size	2.67	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	27	38
Median year structure built	2000	1986