Esperance vs Three Lakes

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

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

Esperance has the higher population (3,988 vs 3,466 in Three Lakes). Three Lakes has the higher median household income ($148,625 vs $134,866 in Esperance). Three Lakes has the higher median home value ($754,200 vs $731,100 in Esperance).

Population, income & housing

	Esperance	Three Lakes
Population	3,988	3,466
Median age	35.8 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$134,866	$148,625
Median home value	$731,100	$754,200
Median gross rent	$2,549	—
Housing units	1,463	1,227
Homeownership rate	73.1%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.9%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Esperance	Three Lakes
Population	4,204 → 3,988 (-5.1%)	3,480 → 3,466 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$99,063 → $134,866 (+36.1%)	$119,583 → $148,625 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$442,000 → $731,100 (+65.4%)	$474,600 → $754,200 (+58.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,729 → $2,549 (+47.4%)	$1,840 → $1,652 (-10.2%)

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

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)

	Esperance	Three Lakes
Under 5	5.4%	7.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	12.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	4.6%
25 to 34	21.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	16.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	8.3%	16.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	15.7%
75 and over	5.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Esperance	Three Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	69.9%	84.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	0.4%
Asian	14.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Esperance	Three Lakes
No high school diploma	2.6%	7.0%
High school graduate	20.5%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	34.0%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Esperance	Three Lakes
Drove alone	69.4%	72.4%
Carpooled	1.9%	5.8%
Public transit	3.5%	0.7%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.4%	21.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Esperance	Three Lakes
1-unit, detached	82.4%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Esperance	Three Lakes
Poverty rate	11.3%	7.1%
Average household size	2.80	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	28	41
Median year structure built	1964	1997