Mountlake Terrace vs Silver Firs

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

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

Silver Firs has the higher population (21,796 vs 21,419 in Mountlake Terrace). Silver Firs has the higher median household income ($153,026 vs $101,404 in Mountlake Terrace). Silver Firs has the higher median home value ($791,700 vs $606,100 in Mountlake Terrace).

Population, income & housing

	Mountlake Terrace	Silver Firs
Population	21,419	21,796
Median age	38.2 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$101,404	$153,026
Median home value	$606,100	$791,700
Median gross rent	$1,966	$2,853
Housing units	9,504	7,654
Homeownership rate	56.1%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	49.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountlake Terrace	Silver Firs
Population	21,210 → 21,419 (+1.0%)	22,358 → 21,796 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$72,955 → $101,404 (+39.0%)	$131,337 → $153,026 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$392,600 → $606,100 (+54.4%)	$487,100 → $791,700 (+62.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,464 → $1,966 (+34.3%)	$2,054 → $2,853 (+38.9%)

Mountlake Terrace

Population

21,21021,419

Median household income

$72,955$101,404

Median home value

$392,600$606,100

Median gross rent

$1,464$1,966

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)

	Mountlake Terrace	Silver Firs
Under 5	4.6%	7.7%
5 to 17	13.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	18.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	16.1%	15.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	18.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	6.6%
75 and over	7.7%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountlake Terrace	Silver Firs
White (non-Hispanic)	60.7%	64.1%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	10.3%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.9%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountlake Terrace	Silver Firs
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.1%
High school graduate	20.4%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountlake Terrace	Silver Firs
Drove alone	61.9%	62.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.2%
Public transit	4.2%	3.4%
Walked	0.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.6%	25.8%
Other means	1.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountlake Terrace	Silver Firs
1-unit, detached	49.4%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	18.1%	3.3%
20 or more units	18.4%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Mountlake Terrace	Silver Firs
Poverty rate	8.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.33	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1971	1997