Loon Lake is a tiny town located in the state of Washington. With a population of 898 people and two associated neighborhoods, Loon Lake is the 274th largest community in Washington. Housing costs in Loon Lake are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Washington.Loon Lake is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Loon Lake is a town of service providers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Loon Lake who work in healthcare suport services (13.21%), teaching (10.10%), and sales jobs (6.74%). Of important note, Loon Lake is also a town of artists. Loon Lake has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Loon Lake’s character. A relatively large number of people in Loon Lake telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 22.38% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Another notable thing is that Loon Lake is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Loon Lake has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Loon Lake has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Loon Lake than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Loon Lake may be for you. One downside of living in Loon Lake is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Loon Lake, the average commute to work is 32.64 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Loon Lake doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of people in Loon Lake who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.15% of adults in Loon Lake have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Loon Lake in 2022 was $33,768, which is lower middle income relative to Washington, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,072 for a family of four. However, Loon Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Loon Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Loon Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Loon Lake include English, European, German, Norwegian, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Loon Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
