Fort Lewis vs Lake Tapps

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

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

Fort Lewis has the higher population (13,983 vs 12,360 in Lake Tapps). Lake Tapps has the higher median household income ($145,250 vs $54,902 in Fort Lewis). Since 2019, Fort Lewis's population has grown faster (+7.1% vs -3.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Lewis	Lake Tapps
Population	13,983	12,360
Median age	23.0 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,902	$145,250
Median home value	—	$693,300
Median gross rent	$2,240	$2,004
Housing units	3,713	4,695
Homeownership rate	1.8%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Lewis	Lake Tapps
Population	13,054 → 13,983 (+7.1%)	12,838 → 12,360 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$42,157 → $54,902 (+30.2%)	$116,942 → $145,250 (+24.2%)
Median home value	—	$431,000 → $693,300 (+60.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,698 → $2,240 (+31.9%)	$1,526 → $2,004 (+31.3%)

Fort Lewis

Population

13,05413,983

Median household income

$42,157$54,902

Median gross rent

$1,698$2,240

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)

	Fort Lewis	Lake Tapps
Under 5	17.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	10.6%	19.7%
18 to 24	34.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	28.7%	7.2%
35 to 44	7.0%	14.3%
45 to 54	1.4%	16.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	12.9%
75 and over	0.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Lewis	Lake Tapps
White (non-Hispanic)	43.9%	82.5%
Black or African American	14.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	3.7%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	25.6%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Lewis	Lake Tapps
No high school diploma	3.2%	4.2%
High school graduate	24.5%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	49.8%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Lewis	Lake Tapps
Drove alone	61.1%	71.1%
Carpooled	15.1%	7.7%
Public transit	0.2%	2.6%
Walked	20.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	17.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Lewis	Lake Tapps
1-unit, detached	14.0%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	49.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	23.3%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Fort Lewis	Lake Tapps
Poverty rate	16.4%	5.0%
Average household size	3.05	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	12	38
Median year structure built	1984	1986