Eastmont vs Mountlake Terrace

A side-by-side comparison of Eastmont and Mountlake Terrace: population, income, housing, and more.

Eastmont and Mountlake Terrace are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eastmont has the higher population (23,486 vs 21,419 in Mountlake Terrace). Eastmont has the higher median household income ($139,346 vs $101,404 in Mountlake Terrace). Eastmont has the higher median home value ($696,800 vs $606,100 in Mountlake Terrace).

Population, income & housing

	Eastmont	Mountlake Terrace
Population	23,486	21,419
Median age	39.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$139,346	$101,404
Median home value	$696,800	$606,100
Median gross rent	$2,128	$1,966
Housing units	8,168	9,504
Homeownership rate	87.0%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	41.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastmont	Mountlake Terrace
Population	21,733 → 23,486 (+8.1%)	21,210 → 21,419 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$111,482 → $139,346 (+25.0%)	$72,955 → $101,404 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$433,800 → $696,800 (+60.6%)	$392,600 → $606,100 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,702 → $2,128 (+25.0%)	$1,464 → $1,966 (+34.3%)

Eastmont

Population

21,73323,486

Median household income

$111,482$139,346

Median home value

$433,800$696,800

Median gross rent

$1,702$2,128

Mountlake Terrace

Population

21,21021,419

Median household income

$72,955$101,404

Median home value

$392,600$606,100

Median gross rent

$1,464$1,966

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastmont	Mountlake Terrace
Under 5	6.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.2%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	18.3%
35 to 44	16.6%	16.1%
45 to 54	13.9%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.3%
75 and over	5.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastmont	Mountlake Terrace
White (non-Hispanic)	59.6%	60.7%
Black or African American	3.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	18.2%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.4%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	8.5%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastmont	Mountlake Terrace
No high school diploma	3.3%	6.1%
High school graduate	19.0%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastmont	Mountlake Terrace
Drove alone	68.4%	61.9%
Carpooled	9.3%	8.7%
Public transit	2.2%	4.2%
Walked	1.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	18.4%	22.6%
Other means	0.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastmont	Mountlake Terrace
1-unit, detached	90.1%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	18.1%
20 or more units	4.0%	18.4%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Eastmont	Mountlake Terrace
Poverty rate	6.5%	8.0%
Average household size	2.95	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1990	1971