Granite Falls vs Lake Goodwin

A side-by-side comparison of Granite Falls and Lake Goodwin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Goodwin has the higher population (5,682 vs 4,658 in Granite Falls). Lake Goodwin has the higher median household income ($104,028 vs $100,720 in Granite Falls). Lake Goodwin has the higher median home value ($670,200 vs $519,800 in Granite Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Granite Falls	Lake Goodwin
Population	4,658	5,682
Median age	35.2 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$100,720	$104,028
Median home value	$519,800	$670,200
Median gross rent	$1,725	$1,439
Housing units	1,873	2,389
Homeownership rate	79.3%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granite Falls	Lake Goodwin
Population	3,737 → 4,658 (+24.6%)	3,775 → 5,682 (+50.5%)
Median household income	$70,563 → $100,720 (+42.7%)	$96,078 → $104,028 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$250,200 → $519,800 (+107.8%)	$401,500 → $670,200 (+66.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,285 → $1,725 (+34.2%)	$1,500 → $1,439 (-4.1%)

Granite Falls

Population

3,7374,658

Median household income

$70,563$100,720

Median home value

$250,200$519,800

Median gross rent

$1,285$1,725

Lake Goodwin

Population

3,7755,682

Median household income

$96,078$104,028

Median home value

$401,500$670,200

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,439

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granite Falls	Lake Goodwin
Under 5	5.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	21.9%	12.9%
18 to 24	5.2%	3.2%
25 to 34	16.3%	13.8%
35 to 44	21.2%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.0%	12.8%
55 to 64	10.3%	23.5%
65 to 74	4.9%	14.5%
75 and over	4.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granite Falls	Lake Goodwin
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	85.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.3%
Asian	8.6%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.3%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granite Falls	Lake Goodwin
No high school diploma	7.2%	8.6%
High school graduate	33.1%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granite Falls	Lake Goodwin
Drove alone	79.1%	77.8%
Carpooled	2.3%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	12.5%
Other means	1.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granite Falls	Lake Goodwin
1-unit, detached	83.5%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Granite Falls	Lake Goodwin
Poverty rate	4.5%	4.6%
Average household size	2.74	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	37	39
Median year structure built	1997	1992