Lake Goodwin vs Sultan

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

Lake Goodwin 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 5,682 in Lake Goodwin). Lake Goodwin has the higher median household income ($104,028 vs $85,278 in Sultan). Lake Goodwin has the higher median home value ($670,200 vs $455,500 in Sultan).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Goodwin	Sultan
Population	5,682	5,770
Median age	52.4 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$104,028	$85,278
Median home value	$670,200	$455,500
Median gross rent	$1,439	$1,607
Housing units	2,389	2,235
Homeownership rate	93.9%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Goodwin	Sultan
Population	3,775 → 5,682 (+50.5%)	5,166 → 5,770 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$96,078 → $104,028 (+8.3%)	$79,023 → $85,278 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$401,500 → $670,200 (+66.9%)	$290,800 → $455,500 (+56.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,439 (-4.1%)	$1,288 → $1,607 (+24.8%)

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

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)

	Lake Goodwin	Sultan
Under 5	3.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	12.9%	14.5%
18 to 24	3.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	17.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	22.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	9.2%
55 to 64	23.5%	9.2%
65 to 74	14.5%	9.2%
75 and over	7.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Goodwin	Sultan
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	61.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.1%
Asian	3.4%	9.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Goodwin	Sultan
No high school diploma	8.6%	15.2%
High school graduate	29.4%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Goodwin	Sultan
Drove alone	77.8%	69.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	17.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Goodwin	Sultan
1-unit, detached	90.2%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Lake Goodwin	Sultan
Poverty rate	4.6%	3.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	39	37
Median year structure built	1992	1995