North Puyallup vs Stansberry Lake

A side-by-side comparison of North Puyallup and Stansberry Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

North Puyallup and Stansberry Lake are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Stansberry Lake has the higher population (1,574 vs 1,363 in North Puyallup). Stansberry Lake has the higher median household income ($95,250 vs $81,063 in North Puyallup). Stansberry Lake has the higher median home value ($379,200 vs $335,500 in North Puyallup).

Population, income & housing

	North Puyallup	Stansberry Lake
Population	1,363	1,574
Median age	64.0 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,063	$95,250
Median home value	$335,500	$379,200
Median gross rent	$1,051	—
Housing units	835	667
Homeownership rate	81.9%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Puyallup	Stansberry Lake
Population	1,930 → 1,363 (-29.4%)	2,634 → 1,574 (-40.2%)
Median household income	$56,114 → $81,063 (+44.5%)	$96,750 → $95,250 (-1.6%)
Median home value	$152,700 → $335,500 (+119.7%)	$213,800 → $379,200 (+77.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,008 → $1,051 (+4.3%)	$1,456 → $1,769 (+21.5%)

North Puyallup

Population

1,9301,363

Median household income

$56,114$81,063

Median home value

$152,700$335,500

Median gross rent

$1,008$1,051

Stansberry Lake

Population

2,6341,574

Median household income

$96,750$95,250

Median home value

$213,800$379,200

Median gross rent

$1,456$1,769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Puyallup	Stansberry Lake
Under 5	2.2%	2.4%
5 to 17	2.3%	15.6%
18 to 24	3.3%	3.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	17.3%
35 to 44	6.5%	14.5%
45 to 54	8.3%	6.0%
55 to 64	26.4%	23.1%
65 to 74	35.9%	16.5%
75 and over	4.5%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Puyallup	Stansberry Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	58.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
Asian	7.1%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	18.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Puyallup	Stansberry Lake
No high school diploma	2.5%	2.5%
High school graduate	27.0%	12.7%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Puyallup	Stansberry Lake
Drove alone	63.4%	78.2%
Carpooled	5.2%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.5%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Puyallup	Stansberry Lake
1-unit, detached	56.3%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	23.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	North Puyallup	Stansberry Lake
Poverty rate	3.5%	1.0%
Average household size	1.71	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	27	44
Median year structure built	1961	1985