Lake Morton-Berrydale is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. The population was 10,474 at the 2020 census. Based on

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, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Lake Morton-Berrydale ranks 44th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.

Geography

Lake Morton-Berrydale is located in southwestern King County at (47.331709, -122.103370). It is bordered to the west by the city of

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, to the northwest by

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, to the north by Covington, to the northeast by Maple Valley, to the east by Black Diamond, and to the south by the Lake Holm CDP. The southern border of the Lake Morton-Berrydale CDP follows Covington Creek and Big Soos Creek, which flows west to the

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. The namesake water body of Lake Morton is in the eastern part of the CDP, and the unincorporated community of Berrydale is in the northwest.

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forms the northwest border of the CDP, and leads northeast to

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near Snoqualmie and southwest to Auburn. Downtown Tacoma is to the southwest, and downtown

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is to the northwest. According to the

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, the Lake Morton-Berrydale CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 1.60%, are water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 9,659 people, 3,245 households, and 2,735 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 773.6 people per square mile (298.6/km²). There were 3,312 housing units at an average density of 265.3/sq mi (102.4/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.50%

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, 0.86%

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, 0.80% Native American, 2.09%

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, 0.19%

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, 1.09% from

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, and 2.47% from two or more races.

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of any race were 2.31% of the population. There were 3,245 households, out of which 43.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.5% were

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living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.7% were non-families. 11.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.21. In the CDP the population was spread out, with 29.1% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 28.7% from 45 to 64, and 6.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 105.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.9 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $75,337, and the median income for a family was $80,516. Males had a median income of $54,151 versus $36,101 for females. The

for the CDP was $28,980. About 0.5% of families and 1.7% of the population were below the

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, including none of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those age 65 or over.

References

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