Liberty Lake vs Spokane

A side-by-side comparison of Liberty Lake and Spokane: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spokane has the higher population (229,228 vs 12,435 in Liberty Lake). Liberty Lake has the higher median household income ($105,599 vs $65,745 in Spokane). Liberty Lake has the higher median home value ($506,000 vs $326,200 in Spokane).

Population, income & housing

	Liberty Lake	Spokane
Population	12,435	229,228
Median age	37.4 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$105,599	$65,745
Median home value	$506,000	$326,200
Median gross rent	$1,782	$1,141
Housing units	5,045	102,062
Homeownership rate	68.1%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Liberty Lake	Spokane
Population	9,836 → 12,435 (+26.4%)	217,353 → 229,228 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$76,353 → $105,599 (+38.3%)	$50,306 → $65,745 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$286,200 → $506,000 (+76.8%)	$187,600 → $326,200 (+73.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,132 → $1,782 (+57.4%)	$866 → $1,141 (+31.8%)

Liberty Lake

Population

9,83612,435

Median household income

$76,353$105,599

Median home value

$286,200$506,000

Median gross rent

$1,132$1,782

Spokane

Population

217,353229,228

Median household income

$50,306$65,745

Median home value

$187,600$326,200

Median gross rent

$866$1,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Liberty Lake	Spokane
Under 5	7.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	22.9%	15.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	9.4%
25 to 34	9.0%	17.3%
35 to 44	17.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.0%
75 and over	5.4%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Liberty Lake	Spokane
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	78.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	1.0%
Asian	1.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.5%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Liberty Lake	Spokane
No high school diploma	2.2%	6.6%
High school graduate	18.7%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.9%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Liberty Lake	Spokane
Drove alone	57.8%	68.3%
Carpooled	14.4%	9.5%
Public transit	0.3%	2.9%
Walked	0.9%	3.7%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	24.4%	13.8%
Other means	0.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Liberty Lake	Spokane
1-unit, detached	65.3%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	18.1%	11.2%
20 or more units	9.0%	13.5%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Liberty Lake	Spokane
Poverty rate	5.2%	14.6%
Average household size	2.65	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	2005	1961