What is the population of Lake Tapps CDP?

Lake Tapps CDP has 12,360 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #110 of 639 in Washington.

What is the median household income in Lake Tapps CDP?

Median household income in Lake Tapps CDP is $145,250 a year, 84.9% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lake Tapps CDP?

Median gross rent is $2,004 a month and the median home value is $693,300, so rent absorbs about 16.6% of median household income.

Is Lake Tapps CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lake Tapps CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Lake Tapps, WA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Lake Tapps, Washington (Lake Tapps, WA — Census place “Lake Tapps CDP”) is 12,360 residents, ranking #110 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $145,250, the median home is worth $693,300 and median gross rent runs $2,004 a month. Looking for the Lake Tapps Washington ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Lake Tapps, WA: 98391.

Population: 12,360Lake Tapps CDP residents
Median household income: $145,250Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $693,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $2,004Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 90.7%Owner-occupied households

Lake Tapps ZIP codes (Washington)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lake Tapps.

The Lake Tapps WA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

98391

What the numbers mean in Lake Tapps CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Lake Tapps CDP median would spend about 16.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5% of residents and 90.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Lake Tapps CDP, WA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Lake Tapps CDP is a mid-size town in Washington, with 12,360 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #110 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 82% of them. The median age here is 42.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Lake Tapps CDP earn a median of $145,250 a year, 84.9% above the national figure of $78,538 and 60% above the $90,592 median for the 393 Washington cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 5% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lake Tapps CDP is valued at $693,300, 128.5% above the national figure and 48% above the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,004 a month, 42.5% above the national figure, or roughly $24,048 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 90.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Lake Tapps CDP?: Lake Tapps CDP has 12,360 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #110 of 639 in Washington.
What is the median household income in Lake Tapps CDP?: Median household income in Lake Tapps CDP is $145,250 a year, 84.9% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lake Tapps CDP?: Median gross rent is $2,004 a month and the median home value is $693,300, so rent absorbs about 16.6% of median household income.
Is Lake Tapps CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lake Tapps CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Lake Tapps CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.