Martha Lake vs Mill Creek East

A side-by-side comparison of Martha Lake and Mill Creek East: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mill Creek East has the higher population (25,461 vs 22,740 in Martha Lake). Mill Creek East has the higher median household income ($183,466 vs $132,130 in Martha Lake). Mill Creek East has the higher median home value ($840,100 vs $725,400 in Martha Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Martha Lake	Mill Creek East
Population	22,740	25,461
Median age	33.9 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$132,130	$183,466
Median home value	$725,400	$840,100
Median gross rent	$2,014	$3,013
Housing units	8,001	8,145
Homeownership rate	62.4%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	64.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Martha Lake	Mill Creek East
Population	21,129 → 22,740 (+7.6%)	24,291 → 25,461 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$102,316 → $132,130 (+29.1%)	$133,794 → $183,466 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$459,300 → $725,400 (+57.9%)	$523,300 → $840,100 (+60.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,673 → $2,014 (+20.4%)	$2,193 → $3,013 (+37.4%)

Martha Lake

Population

21,12922,740

Median household income

$102,316$132,130

Median home value

$459,300$725,400

Median gross rent

$1,673$2,014

Mill Creek East

Population

24,29125,461

Median household income

$133,794$183,466

Median home value

$523,300$840,100

Median gross rent

$2,193$3,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Martha Lake	Mill Creek East
Under 5	6.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	22.1%
18 to 24	10.6%	4.9%
25 to 34	17.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	18.0%	20.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.2%
55 to 64	8.0%	9.0%
65 to 74	6.8%	5.5%
75 and over	3.8%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Martha Lake	Mill Creek East
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	43.0%
Black or African American	5.7%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.6%
Asian	23.6%	37.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	7.2%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Martha Lake	Mill Creek East
No high school diploma	7.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	15.0%	10.8%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	30.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Martha Lake	Mill Creek East
Drove alone	63.7%	56.9%
Carpooled	9.0%	9.2%
Public transit	1.3%	4.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.4%	28.0%
Other means	1.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Martha Lake	Mill Creek East
1-unit, detached	58.5%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	3.4%
20 or more units	14.7%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Martha Lake	Mill Creek East
Poverty rate	10.0%	3.7%
Average household size	2.86	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	29	36
Median year structure built	1999	2003