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Lake Forest Park city, Washington: commercial real estate data.
Lake Forest Park city is a Census city of 13,335 people across 3.52 square miles of land, in King County. Median household income is $159,904, 80.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.2 m.
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Lake Forest Park
What Lake Forest Park is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.52 sq mi
- Water area0.63 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,792
- County holding the largest share of its areaKing County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Forest Park
How many people live in Lake Forest Park
- Population13,335
- Median age42.1
- Population under 182,622
- Share under 1819.7 percent
- Population 65 and over2,425
- Share 65 and over18.2 percent
- Households5,256
- Family households3,495
- Share of households that are families66.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Forest Park
Income and work in Lake Forest Park
- Median household income$159,904
- Per capita income$81,118
- Civilian labor force7,273
- Employed6,953
- Unemployed320 plus or minus 128
- Unemployment rate4.4 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over9,884
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher66.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree28.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Forest Park
Housing in Lake Forest Park
- Housing units5,469
- Occupied units5,256
- Vacant units213 plus or minus 128
- Vacancy rate3.9 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Owner occupied4,238
- Renter occupied1,018
- Ownership rate80.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$953,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,333
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.5 percent
- Single family units4,564
- Share single family83.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more905 plus or minus 241
- Share in buildings of two or more16.5 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1968
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Forest Park
How Lake Forest Park gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,579
- Commuting under 15 minutes635 plus or minus 182
- Share commuting under 15 minutes13.9 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,355
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more51.4 percent
- Drove alone52.4 percent
- Carpooled7.2 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Public transport3.9 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Walked2.2 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Worked from home32.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lake Forest Park
SBA 7(a) lending to Lake Forest Park borrowers
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$5,191,500
- Average approval$576,833
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,422,000
- Largest approval$1,422,000
- Jobs supported37
- Jobs per approval4.1
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises22.2 percent
- Distinct lenders9
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lake Forest Park
SBA 504 lending to Lake Forest Park borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$535,000
- Average approval$267,500
- Median approval$320,000
- Largest approval$320,000
- Jobs supported1
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
King County, not Lake Forest Park
King County context, not Lake Forest Park figures
These are King County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lake Forest Park measurements.
- Establishments in King County70,376
- Employment at those establishments, King County1,305,947
- Covered employment, King County1,449,785
- Average annual pay, King County$132,279
- Average weekly wage, King County$2,544
- Housing units permitted, King County10,564
- Of those, single family, King County2,352
- County product, 2024, King County$477,154,354,000
- County product change over the prior year, King County7.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, King County$117,917
Every figure in this section is published for King County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lake Forest Park. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Lake Forest Park questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lake Forest Park, Washington?
13,335, in 5,256 households. Lake Forest Park city covers 3.52 square miles of land, which is 3,792 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lake Forest Park in?
King County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Lake Forest Park?
$159,904. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $953,200. Median gross rent is $2,333 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lake Forest Park businesses?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $5.2 m, across 9 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $535,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lake Forest Park, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lake Forest Park borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Lake Forest Park. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Lake Forest Park figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for King County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Lake Forest Park.
Is zoning published for Lake Forest Park?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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