About Lake Forest Park

Lake Forest Park is a somewhat small coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Washington. With a population of 13,443 people and just one neighborhood, Lake Forest Park is the 71st largest community in Washington.

Lake Forest Park is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.39% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Lake Forest Park is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake Forest Park who work in management occupations (14.41%), sales jobs (12.62%), and office and administrative support jobs (12.07%).

Of important note, Lake Forest Park is also a city of artists. Lake Forest Park has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Lake Forest Park's character.

Also of interest is that Lake Forest Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Lake Forest Park is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Lake Forest Park is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Lake Forest Park a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Lake Forest Park has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Lake Forest Park's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Lake Forest Park are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Being a small city, Lake Forest Park does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Lake Forest Park Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Lake Forest Park. 51.13% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Lake Forest Park in 2000 was $33,419, which is wealthy relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $133,676 for a family of four. However, Lake Forest Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lake Forest Park is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lake Forest Park home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lake Forest Park is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Lake Forest Park include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, Swedish, Scottish, Italian, Scotch-Irish, European, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Lake Forest Park is English.