Bay View vs Big Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Bay View and Big Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Big Lake has the higher population (2,648 vs 626 in Bay View). Big Lake has the higher median household income ($119,000 vs $98,571 in Bay View). Bay View has the higher median home value ($743,000 vs $659,800 in Big Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Bay View	Big Lake
Population	626	2,648
Median age	60.8 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$98,571	$119,000
Median home value	$743,000	$659,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,932
Housing units	338	1,119
Homeownership rate	88.8%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay View	Big Lake
Population	662 → 626 (-5.4%)	1,774 → 2,648 (+49.3%)
Median household income	$105,250 → $98,571 (-6.3%)	$105,682 → $119,000 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$531,300 → $743,000 (+39.8%)	$386,100 → $659,800 (+70.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$977 → $1,932 (+97.7%)

Bay View

Population

662626

Median household income

$105,250$98,571

Median home value

$531,300$743,000

Big Lake

Population

1,7742,648

Median household income

$105,682$119,000

Median home value

$386,100$659,800

Median gross rent

$977$1,932

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay View	Big Lake
Under 5	0.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	9.9%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	0.8%
25 to 34	4.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	16.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	6.1%	6.6%
55 to 64	15.3%	20.6%
65 to 74	25.9%	16.1%
75 and over	16.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay View	Big Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay View	Big Lake
No high school diploma	4.4%	1.9%
High school graduate	15.1%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay View	Big Lake
Drove alone	71.1%	74.7%
Carpooled	15.3%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay View	Big Lake
1-unit, detached	78.4%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Bay View	Big Lake
Poverty rate	0.5%	4.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1994	1992