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Lake Forest Park, WA vs Lynden, WA

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- Household income in Lynden, is 44% less than it is in Lake Forest Park and is 12% above the National Average.
- Lake Forest Park unemployment rate is 5.4%.
- Lynden unemployment rate is 6.7%.
 Lake Forest Park, WALynden, WAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock6.7%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock1.7%1.6%
 Future Job Growth40.5%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes10.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$64,519  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$78,004$69,021
 Family Median Income$165,292  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Lake Forest Park, WALynden, WAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock6.3%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K1.1%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock3.9%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K2.3%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock8.4%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K4.9%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock9.8%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K11.3%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock23.0%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K18.2%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock5.6%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Lake Forest Park, WALynden, WAUnited States
 Management, business, finance20.9%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock4.2%6.5%
 Community, social services2.0%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock1.0%1.2%
 Education, library6.4%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock2.1%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology7.9%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock2.1%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.2%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock7.0%5.4%
 Building maintenance1.6%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock2.8%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support16.3%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock2.9%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair4.6%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock14.3%13.1%
Reviews for Lake Forest Park    1 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I’ve lived in Lake Forest Park for over 6 years, having been priced out of the Seattle area, and never looked back! After living in Queen Anne in Seattle, we were  More

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Reviews for Lynden    3 Reviews

Moved from Metro Philadelphia. We looked at 10 communities in the following states Del, Tenn, AZ , PA, Tex, NM, ID, WA. We narrowed it down to two great towns  More

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I've lived all over the country and Washington has some of the unfriendliest and angriest people I've met. I was told to avoid Lynden and move to Bellingham because  More

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I never fully appreciated Lynden until I moved away and came back again. It wasn't until then that I realized what a wonderful, safe and friendly community Lynden really  More

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