Brier vs Chain Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Brier and Chain Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brier has the higher population (6,507 vs 4,989 in Chain Lake). Chain Lake has the higher median household income ($148,932 vs $138,256 in Brier). Chain Lake has the higher median home value ($830,200 vs $824,500 in Brier).

Population, income & housing

	Brier	Chain Lake
Population	6,507	4,989
Median age	45.9 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$138,256	$148,932
Median home value	$824,500	$830,200
Median gross rent	$2,727	$1,728
Housing units	2,423	1,763
Homeownership rate	91.3%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brier	Chain Lake
Population	6,843 → 6,507 (-4.9%)	4,522 → 4,989 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$131,293 → $138,256 (+5.3%)	$113,056 → $148,932 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$525,900 → $824,500 (+56.8%)	$512,200 → $830,200 (+62.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,000 → $2,727 (+36.4%)	$1,625 → $1,728 (+6.3%)

Brier

Population

6,8436,507

Median household income

$131,293$138,256

Median home value

$525,900$824,500

Median gross rent

$2,000$2,727

Chain Lake

Population

4,5224,989

Median household income

$113,056$148,932

Median home value

$512,200$830,200

Median gross rent

$1,625$1,728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brier	Chain Lake
Under 5	5.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.1%	19.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	6.2%	5.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	16.5%
45 to 54	13.6%	18.6%
55 to 64	17.4%	15.0%
65 to 74	15.3%	11.0%
75 and over	6.5%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brier	Chain Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	85.2%
Black or African American	6.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	9.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brier	Chain Lake
No high school diploma	4.8%	3.1%
High school graduate	18.0%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brier	Chain Lake
Drove alone	65.8%	70.0%
Carpooled	2.4%	4.6%
Public transit	4.6%	0.6%
Walked	0.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.1%	22.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brier	Chain Lake
1-unit, detached	93.9%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Brier	Chain Lake
Poverty rate	3.1%	3.6%
Average household size	2.72	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	31	37
Median year structure built	1986	1993