Canyon Creek vs Three Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Canyon Creek and Three Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

Canyon Creek and Three Lakes are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Canyon Creek has the higher population (3,556 vs 3,466 in Three Lakes). Three Lakes has the higher median household income ($148,625 vs $67,295 in Canyon Creek). Three Lakes has the higher median home value ($754,200 vs $392,400 in Canyon Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Canyon Creek	Three Lakes
Population	3,556	3,466
Median age	34.8 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,295	$148,625
Median home value	$392,400	$754,200
Median gross rent	$1,701	—
Housing units	1,454	1,227
Homeownership rate	87.8%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canyon Creek	Three Lakes
Population	3,433 → 3,556 (+3.6%)	3,480 → 3,466 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$76,708 → $67,295 (-12.3%)	$119,583 → $148,625 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$265,400 → $392,400 (+47.9%)	$474,600 → $754,200 (+58.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,701 (+49.1%)	$1,840 → $1,652 (-10.2%)

Canyon Creek

Population

3,4333,556

Median household income

$76,708$67,295

Median home value

$265,400$392,400

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,701

Three Lakes

Population

3,4803,466

Median household income

$119,583$148,625

Median home value

$474,600$754,200

Median gross rent

$1,840$1,652

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canyon Creek	Three Lakes
Under 5	7.2%	7.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	12.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.6%
25 to 34	19.2%	14.9%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	17.2%	16.6%
65 to 74	4.3%	15.7%
75 and over	3.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canyon Creek	Three Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	84.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canyon Creek	Three Lakes
No high school diploma	7.8%	7.0%
High school graduate	49.5%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canyon Creek	Three Lakes
Drove alone	74.7%	72.4%
Carpooled	16.7%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	21.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canyon Creek	Three Lakes
1-unit, detached	69.7%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.7%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Canyon Creek	Three Lakes
Poverty rate	22.1%	7.1%
Average household size	2.60	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	40	41
Median year structure built	1994	1997