Colville vs Loon Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Colville and Loon Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Colville has the higher population (4,979 vs 927 in Loon Lake). Loon Lake has the higher median household income ($71,285 vs $49,375 in Colville). Loon Lake has the higher median home value ($313,200 vs $247,800 in Colville).

Population, income & housing

	Colville	Loon Lake
Population	4,979	927
Median age	44.7 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,375	$71,285
Median home value	$247,800	$313,200
Median gross rent	$878	$939
Housing units	2,421	614
Homeownership rate	57.1%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colville	Loon Lake
Population	4,777 → 4,979 (+4.2%)	780 → 927 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$42,869 → $49,375 (+15.2%)	$51,875 → $71,285 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$160,600 → $247,800 (+54.3%)	$209,000 → $313,200 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $878 (+24.4%)	$438 → $939 (+114.4%)

Colville

Population

4,7774,979

Median household income

$42,869$49,375

Median home value

$160,600$247,800

Median gross rent

$706$878

Loon Lake

Population

780927

Median household income

$51,875$71,285

Median home value

$209,000$313,200

Median gross rent

$438$939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colville	Loon Lake
Under 5	6.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.2%	10.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	2.8%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.9%
35 to 44	9.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	5.7%
55 to 64	11.3%	21.9%
65 to 74	13.0%	25.2%
75 and over	13.6%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colville	Loon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colville	Loon Lake
No high school diploma	8.4%	3.1%
High school graduate	34.6%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colville	Loon Lake
Drove alone	71.0%	69.6%
Carpooled	10.3%	2.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	22.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colville	Loon Lake
1-unit, detached	70.4%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	30.9%

Poverty & households

	Colville	Loon Lake
Poverty rate	20.2%	5.7%
Average household size	2.11	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	15	30
Median year structure built	1970	1990