Chain Lake vs Esperance

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

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

Chain Lake has the higher population (4,989 vs 3,988 in Esperance). Chain Lake has the higher median household income ($148,932 vs $134,866 in Esperance). Chain Lake has the higher median home value ($830,200 vs $731,100 in Esperance).

Population, income & housing

	Chain Lake	Esperance
Population	4,989	3,988
Median age	44.2 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$148,932	$134,866
Median home value	$830,200	$731,100
Median gross rent	$1,728	$2,549
Housing units	1,763	1,463
Homeownership rate	88.4%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chain Lake	Esperance
Population	4,522 → 4,989 (+10.3%)	4,204 → 3,988 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$113,056 → $148,932 (+31.7%)	$99,063 → $134,866 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$512,200 → $830,200 (+62.1%)	$442,000 → $731,100 (+65.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,625 → $1,728 (+6.3%)	$1,729 → $2,549 (+47.4%)

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

Esperance

Population

4,2043,988

Median household income

$99,063$134,866

Median home value

$442,000$731,100

Median gross rent

$1,729$2,549

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chain Lake	Esperance
Under 5	4.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	5.2%	21.5%
35 to 44	16.5%	16.6%
45 to 54	18.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	8.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.5%
75 and over	4.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chain Lake	Esperance
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	69.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	4.5%
Asian	1.2%	14.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chain Lake	Esperance
No high school diploma	3.1%	2.6%
High school graduate	24.3%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chain Lake	Esperance
Drove alone	70.0%	69.4%
Carpooled	4.6%	1.9%
Public transit	0.6%	3.5%
Walked	1.9%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.9%	22.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chain Lake	Esperance
1-unit, detached	92.3%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chain Lake	Esperance
Poverty rate	3.6%	11.3%
Average household size	2.83	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	37	28
Median year structure built	1993	1964