Kettle Falls vs Loon Lake

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

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

Kettle Falls has the higher population (1,703 vs 927 in Loon Lake). Loon Lake has the higher median household income ($71,285 vs $49,750 in Kettle Falls). Loon Lake has the higher median home value ($313,200 vs $215,100 in Kettle Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Kettle Falls	Loon Lake
Population	1,703	927
Median age	44.3 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,750	$71,285
Median home value	$215,100	$313,200
Median gross rent	$807	$939
Housing units	862	614
Homeownership rate	56.5%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kettle Falls	Loon Lake
Population	1,769 → 1,703 (-3.7%)	780 → 927 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$45,337 → $49,750 (+9.7%)	$51,875 → $71,285 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$162,700 → $215,100 (+32.2%)	$209,000 → $313,200 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $807 (+27.7%)	$438 → $939 (+114.4%)

Kettle Falls

Population

1,7691,703

Median household income

$45,337$49,750

Median home value

$162,700$215,100

Median gross rent

$632$807

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)

	Kettle Falls	Loon Lake
Under 5	6.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.7%	10.4%
18 to 24	9.9%	2.8%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	9.2%	9.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	5.7%
55 to 64	17.7%	21.9%
65 to 74	13.8%	25.2%
75 and over	4.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kettle Falls	Loon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kettle Falls	Loon Lake
No high school diploma	13.8%	3.1%
High school graduate	25.5%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kettle Falls	Loon Lake
Drove alone	89.3%	69.6%
Carpooled	3.9%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	5.2%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	22.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kettle Falls	Loon Lake
1-unit, detached	61.5%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	30.9%

Poverty & households

	Kettle Falls	Loon Lake
Poverty rate	16.8%	5.7%
Average household size	2.12	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1979	1990