Ames Lake vs Lake Marcel-Stillwater

A side-by-side comparison of Ames Lake and Lake Marcel-Stillwater: population, income, housing, and more.

Ames Lake and Lake Marcel-Stillwater are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Marcel-Stillwater has the higher population (1,463 vs 1,138 in Ames Lake). Lake Marcel-Stillwater has the higher median household income ($195,063 vs $157,500 in Ames Lake). Ames Lake has the higher median home value ($1,069,900 vs $690,800 in Lake Marcel-Stillwater).

Population, income & housing

	Ames Lake	Lake Marcel-Stillwater
Population	1,138	1,463
Median age	44.9 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$157,500	$195,063
Median home value	$1,069,900	$690,800
Housing units	412	470
Homeownership rate	96.8%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.2%	55.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ames Lake	Lake Marcel-Stillwater
Population	1,556 → 1,138 (-26.9%)	1,360 → 1,463 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$121,458 → $157,500 (+29.7%)	$145,104 → $195,063 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$670,300 → $1,069,900 (+59.6%)	$429,200 → $690,800 (+61.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,932 → $1,600 (-17.2%)	—

Ames Lake

Population

1,5561,138

Median household income

$121,458$157,500

Median home value

$670,300$1,069,900

Median gross rent

$1,932$1,600

Lake Marcel-Stillwater

Population

1,3601,463

Median household income

$145,104$195,063

Median home value

$429,200$690,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ames Lake	Lake Marcel-Stillwater
Under 5	9.5%	12.0%
5 to 17	8.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	1.9%
25 to 34	12.6%	3.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	23.7%
45 to 54	15.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	14.1%	9.2%
75 and over	9.2%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ames Lake	Lake Marcel-Stillwater
White (non-Hispanic)	62.7%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	6.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	25.7%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ames Lake	Lake Marcel-Stillwater
No high school diploma	7.6%	4.8%
High school graduate	8.4%	6.5%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	26.9%	22.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ames Lake	Lake Marcel-Stillwater
Drove alone	53.1%	50.6%
Carpooled	13.1%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.8%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.5%	41.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ames Lake	Lake Marcel-Stillwater
1-unit, detached	80.8%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.0%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Ames Lake	Lake Marcel-Stillwater
Poverty rate	0.8%	5.7%
Average household size	2.76	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1990	1985