About Three Lakes

Three Lakes is a very small town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 2,499 people and just one neighborhood, Three Lakes is the 181st largest community in Washington.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Three Lakes is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Three Lakes is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Three Lakes who work in sales jobs (12.26%), office and administrative support jobs (12.18%), and management occupations (9.43%).

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

Because of many things, Three Lakes is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Three Lakes 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 town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Three Lakes has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Three Lakes's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In Three Lakes, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 40.04 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Three Lakes is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Three Lakes, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 96.64% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

As is often the case in a small town, Three Lakes doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Three Lakes Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Three Lakes who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 22.20% of adults in Three Lakes have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Three Lakes in 2000 was $27,681, which is wealthy relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $110,724 for a family of four. However, Three Lakes contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Three Lakes home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Three Lakes is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Three Lakes include German, English, Norwegian, Irish, Swedish, French, Italian, and European.

The most common language spoken in Three Lakes is English.