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Median Home Price in Lake Forest Park, WA

The median home value in Lake Forest Park, WA is $1,024,649 as of 2026-07-31, down 1.84% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$1,024,649

Year-over-Year

-1.84%

Population

12,812

Lake Forest Park ranks #11 of 118 Washington cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 73.3% above the state's city median of $591,094. It sits in King County, where the county-wide median is $853,410.

Housing affordability in Lake Forest Park

Median household income in Lake Forest Park is $159,904, so the typical home value is about 6.4× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.

Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).

Crime in Lake Forest Park

Lake Forest Park police recorded a violent crime rate of 62 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,686 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Lake Forest Park

What is the average home price in Lake Forest Park, WA?

People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Lake Forest Park, that value is $1,024,649. That's down 1.84% from a year earlier. It is about 73.3% above the typical Washington city tracked here.

Is Lake Forest Park expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Lake Forest Park are more expensive than King County as a whole, where the median is $853,410 — a difference of about 20.1%.

Is Lake Forest Park affordable?

Median household income here is $159,904, so the typical home value is about 6.4× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Lake Forest Park a safe place to live?

Lake Forest Park police reported 62 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 12,812. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.