City safety & data profile

Lake Forest ParkWA

Lake Forest Park, WA is a 13K-resident city in King County with a median household income of $159,904.

King County, Washington. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Lake Forest Park, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Lake Forest Park has a population larger than 19% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $953,200.

Data updated 2026-09-03

13K
Population (place)
Bottom 20%
By size
$159,904
Median income (place)
$953,200
Median home (place)
4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Lake Forest Park

Lake Forest Park posts a median household income higher than 94% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 6%
by median income, US cities

Where Lake Forest Park income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$159,904 Top 6% higher than 94% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Lake Forest Park $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in WA

Population among 109 WA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Seattle is the largest WA city on this list; Sammamish leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in WA

Median household income among the same 109-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Sammamish posts the highest place-level median income in WA; Seattle is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Lake Forest Park, WA beyond the headline numbers

Lake Forest Park sits inside King County, Washington, at roughly 47.76°N, -122.28°W. Population 13,243, $159,904 median household income. Median home value $953,200, median rent $2,333. Poverty rate 4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 4% of Lake Forest Park, WA residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Lake Forest Park costs around 6.0 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

32.4% of Lake Forest Park workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 28.1% in Lake Forest Park, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

3.9% of Lake Forest Park workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 42.1 years, Lake Forest Park's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Lake Forest Park from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
13,243
Lake Forest Park · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$159,904
+79% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$953,200
+130% vs avg
Median Age (place)
42.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (King County): Lake Forest Park's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
2.3M+16%
Median Income
$124,746+74%
Median Home Value
$859,900+128%
Poverty Rate
8.6%-25%
Unemployment
4.8%-38%

Economics

Economics indicators for Lake Forest Park, WA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,333/mo
Poverty Rate
4% -68% vs avg
Unemployment 4.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 66%
Work From Home 32.4%
Public Transit 3.9%

Population

White 69.5%
African American 5.2%
Asian 11.5%
Two or More Ethnicities 7.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
29.6%
Short Sleep Duration
28.1%
Obesity
22.7%
Binge Drinking
16.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
13.6%
Physical Inactivity
12.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
10.1%
Current Asthma
10%
Diabetes
7.6%
Current Smoking
6.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 73.4%
Annual Checkup 73.2%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
5%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.8%
Stroke
2.6%

What alerts and safety updates affect Lake Forest Park?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Lake Forest Park right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet WA-LAKE-FOREST-PARK · Lake Forest Park

Lake Forest Park: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Lake Forest Park; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Washington state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Lake Forest Park, WA? ▼
Lake Forest Park, WA has a population of 13,243 people, located in King County, Washington.
What is the median household income in Lake Forest Park? ▼
The median household income in Lake Forest Park, WA is $159,904 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 4%.
What is the median home value in Lake Forest Park? ▼
The median home value in Lake Forest Park, WA is $953,200. Median rent is $2,333/month.
What are the top health concerns in Lake Forest Park? ▼
The top health indicators in Lake Forest Park include High Blood Pressure (29.6%), Short Sleep Duration (28.1%), Obesity (22.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Lake Forest Park? ▼
The median age in Lake Forest Park, WA is 42.1 years. 66% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Lake Forest Park, both outside Washington so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WA (4% here).

Fishers, IN 4% Maple Grove, MN 4% Ashburn, VA 4% Rockwall, TX 4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WA ($159,904 here).

Melville, NY $159,922 La Grange, IL $159,929 Highland Village, TX $159,828 Eastvale, CA $160,069

Compare Lake Forest Park with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Kenmore, WA 22K Mountlake Terrace, WA 21K Shoreline, WA 55K Inglewood-Finn Hill, WA 23K Bothell West, WA 17K Lynnwood, WA 37K Bothell, WA 43K Greenwood, WA 12K
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Using Lake Forest Park's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Lake Forest Park area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (King County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.