Lake ShoreWA
A town of 6,978.
Is Lake Shore a good place to live?
Lake Shore grades B− overall, 111th among Washington's 285 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Residents are healthier than 88% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and the median household earns $131K. On the other side, the typical home is worth about $566K, 5.8 years of the Portland metro’s $97K median household income. On hazard risk, just 38 of Washington’s 397 towns do better. Lake Shore is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns. Only 26 of Washington’s 397 towns score lower on history.
What makes Lake Shore stand out
Where Lake Shore beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Lake Shore for work
Where Lake Shore’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Lake Shore grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Lake Shore is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moda Center and 159 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lake Shore. Close and well known come first.
11 mi Stadium & arenaModa Center
12 mi Stadium & arenaProvidence Park
29 mi WaterfallMultnomah Falls
10 mi GardenForest Park
12 mi MuseumPittock Mansion
11 mi Stadium & arenaVeterans Memorial ColiseumPhoto credits
Moda Center: Lugnuts, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Providence Park: Pdx.rollingthunder, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Multnomah Falls: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Forest Park: EncMstr, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pittock Mansion: PittockBack.jpg: Cacophony derivative work: Tiptoety talk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Veterans Memorial Coliseum: Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Lake Shore: who provides what
Lake Shore is unincorporated, so Clark County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lake Shore.
Lake Shore carries less natural-hazard risk than most of Washington (mostly earthquakes), sends many workers across the state line to Portland and has less food insecurity than most of Washington.
Lake Shore earns an A for health
Its widest gap with Washington is food insecurity: 5.9% of its 5,559 adults worry about having enough food, against 10.2% statewide. Against the 4,460 U.S. towns with household incomes like Lake Shore’s, it is healthier than 64%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
29% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Lake Shore, below both Washington’s towns (33%) and U.S. towns (36%). 8.8% of adults smoke cigarettes in Lake Shore. Lake Shore beats the Washington average on 12 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| Lake Shore | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 33% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.8% | 11% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 71% | 79% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 5.9% | 10% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lake Shore | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.9% | 10.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.4% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lake Shore’s public schools trail 64% of Washington districts
Its public schools are run by the Vancouver School District. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Lee Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 568 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
About one in three of Lake Shore’s working residents commute to Vancouver
21% of working residents cross a state line to work, Portland among the top destinations. Lake Shore has 379 jobs for its 3,016 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Lake Shore for work: only 1% work in town. 3% of residents live below the poverty line in Lake Shore, below both the Washington town median (7.9%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Jobs based in Lake Shore grew to 379 in 2023, 166 more than in 2013.
| Lake Shore | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $131,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 5% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Lake Shore | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sorenson Park | 0.5 mi | 5 |
| 2. Jack Z. Fazio Park | 0.3 mi | 6 |
| 3. Jason Lee Middle School Park | 0.2 mi | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Fewer young adults than Washington overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (24% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 45% of residents (38% statewide). Lake Shore’s median age is 45.7 years. 39% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 40% across Washington.
| Lake Shore | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45.7 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 30% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 16% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 22% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.6 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| Lake Shore | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.1% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.4% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.4% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.7% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.8% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.1% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.6% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.3% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.9% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.2% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Lake Shore has mild winters and pleasant summers
Lake Shore has mild winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Lake Shore is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Lake Shore faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by earthquakes
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 87% of Washington towns, with expected losses of about $467 per resident a year; that rating is what its B for hazard risk is built on.
One flood insurance claim has been paid in Lake Shore since 2009.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in Lake Shore sell for about $653K
The median sale price was $653,000 in May 2026.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Lake Shore
Colleges nearby
13 within 15 miles of the center of Lake Shore
About 2 of every 100 Lake Shore residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
About Lake Shore
Census-designated place in Washington, United States
Lake Shore is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 7,056 at the 2020 census. Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Lake Shore ranks 124th of 614 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.
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- Area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 223 ft
Lake Shore’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Lake Shore.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Shore | #111 | B− | D | — | C+ | A |
| Felida | #101 | B | D | — | C+ | A |
| Salmon Creek | #110 | B− | D | — | C+ | A− |
| Vancouver | #237 | C− | D | D | C+ | B |
| Hazel Dell | #182 | C | D | — | C+ | B |
Lake Shore, Felida, Salmon Creek and Hazel Dell report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lake Shore with a neighbor →
Questions about Lake Shore
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lake Shore, WA a good place to live?
Lake Shore grades B− overall, better than 54% of U.S. towns and #111 of 285 in Washington. It grades A for health and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Lake Shore, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $566,000, 4% below the Washington typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.