Chain Lake vs Sultan

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

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

Sultan has the higher population (5,770 vs 4,989 in Chain Lake). Chain Lake has the higher median household income ($148,932 vs $85,278 in Sultan). Chain Lake has the higher median home value ($830,200 vs $455,500 in Sultan).

Population, income & housing

	Chain Lake	Sultan
Population	4,989	5,770
Median age	44.2 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$148,932	$85,278
Median home value	$830,200	$455,500
Median gross rent	$1,728	$1,607
Housing units	1,763	2,235
Homeownership rate	88.4%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chain Lake	Sultan
Population	4,522 → 4,989 (+10.3%)	5,166 → 5,770 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$113,056 → $148,932 (+31.7%)	$79,023 → $85,278 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$512,200 → $830,200 (+62.1%)	$290,800 → $455,500 (+56.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,625 → $1,728 (+6.3%)	$1,288 → $1,607 (+24.8%)

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

Sultan

Population

5,1665,770

Median household income

$79,023$85,278

Median home value

$290,800$455,500

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,607

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chain Lake	Sultan
Under 5	4.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.5%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.0%
25 to 34	5.2%	17.2%
35 to 44	16.5%	22.1%
45 to 54	18.6%	9.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	9.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.2%
75 and over	4.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chain Lake	Sultan
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	61.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	2.1%
Asian	1.2%	9.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.2%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chain Lake	Sultan
No high school diploma	3.1%	15.2%
High school graduate	24.3%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chain Lake	Sultan
Drove alone	70.0%	69.6%
Carpooled	4.6%	11.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.5%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.9%	17.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chain Lake	Sultan
1-unit, detached	92.3%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Chain Lake	Sultan
Poverty rate	3.6%	3.2%
Average household size	2.83	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	37	37
Median year structure built	1993	1995