Martha Lake vs Silver Firs

A side-by-side comparison of Martha Lake and Silver Firs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Martha Lake has the higher population (22,740 vs 21,796 in Silver Firs). Silver Firs has the higher median household income ($153,026 vs $132,130 in Martha Lake). Silver Firs has the higher median home value ($791,700 vs $725,400 in Martha Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Martha Lake	Silver Firs
Population	22,740	21,796
Median age	33.9 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$132,130	$153,026
Median home value	$725,400	$791,700
Median gross rent	$2,014	$2,853
Housing units	8,001	7,654
Homeownership rate	62.4%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	49.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Martha Lake	Silver Firs
Population	21,129 → 22,740 (+7.6%)	22,358 → 21,796 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$102,316 → $132,130 (+29.1%)	$131,337 → $153,026 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$459,300 → $725,400 (+57.9%)	$487,100 → $791,700 (+62.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,673 → $2,014 (+20.4%)	$2,054 → $2,853 (+38.9%)

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

Silver Firs

Population

22,35821,796

Median household income

$131,337$153,026

Median home value

$487,100$791,700

Median gross rent

$2,054$2,853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Martha Lake	Silver Firs
Under 5	6.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	10.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	17.1%	11.7%
35 to 44	18.0%	15.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	18.4%
55 to 64	8.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	6.8%	6.6%
75 and over	3.8%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Martha Lake	Silver Firs
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	64.1%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	23.6%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.1%
Some other race	2.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	7.2%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Martha Lake	Silver Firs
No high school diploma	7.3%	4.1%
High school graduate	15.0%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Martha Lake	Silver Firs
Drove alone	63.7%	62.7%
Carpooled	9.0%	6.2%
Public transit	1.3%	3.4%
Walked	0.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.4%	25.8%
Other means	1.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Martha Lake	Silver Firs
1-unit, detached	58.5%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	3.3%
20 or more units	14.7%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Martha Lake	Silver Firs
Poverty rate	10.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.86	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1999	1997