Arlington vs Lake Stickney

A side-by-side comparison of Arlington and Lake Stickney: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arlington has the higher population (20,599 vs 15,514 in Lake Stickney). Lake Stickney has the higher median household income ($85,762 vs $84,919 in Arlington). Lake Stickney has the higher median home value ($598,400 vs $492,600 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Lake Stickney
Population	20,599	15,514
Median age	37.1 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$84,919	$85,762
Median home value	$492,600	$598,400
Median gross rent	$1,764	$1,733
Housing units	8,126	6,163
Homeownership rate	63.4%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Lake Stickney
Population	19,483 → 20,599 (+5.7%)	10,230 → 15,514 (+51.7%)
Median household income	$82,626 → $84,919 (+2.8%)	$81,765 → $85,762 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$323,200 → $492,600 (+52.4%)	$432,700 → $598,400 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,341 → $1,764 (+31.5%)	$1,492 → $1,733 (+16.2%)

Arlington

Population

19,48320,599

Median household income

$82,626$84,919

Median home value

$323,200$492,600

Median gross rent

$1,341$1,764

Lake Stickney

Population

10,23015,514

Median household income

$81,765$85,762

Median home value

$432,700$598,400

Median gross rent

$1,492$1,733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Lake Stickney
Under 5	6.1%	7.9%
5 to 17	19.0%	18.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.2%	15.9%
35 to 44	15.3%	16.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.3%
65 to 74	7.7%	5.6%
75 and over	6.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Lake Stickney
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	46.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.2%
Asian	5.5%	20.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	4.7%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.0%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Lake Stickney
No high school diploma	9.1%	8.6%
High school graduate	31.1%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Lake Stickney
Drove alone	73.7%	63.7%
Carpooled	12.4%	8.6%
Public transit	0.8%	3.9%
Walked	1.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	20.3%
Other means	0.3%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Lake Stickney
1-unit, detached	62.2%	39.9%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	25.5%
20 or more units	8.5%	15.8%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Lake Stickney
Poverty rate	11.0%	12.5%
Average household size	2.71	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1995	2000