Hamilton vs Lake Cavanaugh

A side-by-side comparison of Hamilton and Lake Cavanaugh: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Cavanaugh has the higher population (305 vs 249 in Hamilton). Lake Cavanaugh has the higher median household income ($106,875 vs $37,188 in Hamilton). Lake Cavanaugh has the higher median home value ($601,000 vs $220,700 in Hamilton).

Population, income & housing

	Hamilton	Lake Cavanaugh
Population	249	305
Median age	39.2 yrs	71.0 yrs
Median household income	$37,188	$106,875
Median home value	$220,700	$601,000
Housing units	137	350
Homeownership rate	85.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	61.3%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamilton	Lake Cavanaugh
Population	297 → 249 (-16.2%)	179 → 305 (+70.4%)
Median household income	$56,667 → $37,188 (-34.4%)	—
Median home value	$213,800 → $220,700 (+3.2%)	$652,800 → $601,000 (-7.9%)

Hamilton

Population

297249

Median household income

$56,667$37,188

Median home value

$213,800$220,700

Lake Cavanaugh

Population

179305

Median home value

$652,800$601,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hamilton	Lake Cavanaugh
Under 5	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	18.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	20.3%
55 to 64	10.4%	5.9%
65 to 74	16.1%	28.5%
75 and over	6.0%	45.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamilton	Lake Cavanaugh
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamilton	Lake Cavanaugh
No high school diploma	30.1%	8.2%
High school graduate	34.2%	7.2%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	42.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamilton	Lake Cavanaugh
Drove alone	95.5%	50.0%
Carpooled	1.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	14.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	35.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamilton	Lake Cavanaugh
1-unit, detached	62.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hamilton	Lake Cavanaugh
Poverty rate	19.7%	0.0%
Average household size	1.98	1.66
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1965	1969