Gig Harbor vs Lake Tapps

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

Gig Harbor 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 12,202 in Gig Harbor). Lake Tapps has the higher median household income ($145,250 vs $106,042 in Gig Harbor). Lake Tapps has the higher median home value ($693,300 vs $686,000 in Gig Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Gig Harbor	Lake Tapps
Population	12,202	12,360
Median age	47.6 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$106,042	$145,250
Median home value	$686,000	$693,300
Median gross rent	$2,097	$2,004
Housing units	5,683	4,695
Homeownership rate	62.6%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gig Harbor	Lake Tapps
Population	9,854 → 12,202 (+23.8%)	12,838 → 12,360 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$84,335 → $106,042 (+25.7%)	$116,942 → $145,250 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$475,400 → $686,000 (+44.3%)	$431,000 → $693,300 (+60.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,419 → $2,097 (+47.8%)	$1,526 → $2,004 (+31.3%)

Gig Harbor

Population

9,85412,202

Median household income

$84,335$106,042

Median home value

$475,400$686,000

Median gross rent

$1,419$2,097

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)

	Gig Harbor	Lake Tapps
Under 5	6.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.8%	19.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.5%	7.2%
35 to 44	9.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	16.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	15.1%	12.9%
75 and over	15.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gig Harbor	Lake Tapps
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	82.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	3.1%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.3%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gig Harbor	Lake Tapps
No high school diploma	4.0%	4.2%
High school graduate	13.1%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gig Harbor	Lake Tapps
Drove alone	69.6%	71.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	7.7%
Public transit	1.0%	2.6%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	17.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gig Harbor	Lake Tapps
1-unit, detached	57.3%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.5%
20 or more units	15.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Gig Harbor	Lake Tapps
Poverty rate	5.8%	5.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	29	38
Median year structure built	1996	1986