Brier vs Stanwood

A side-by-side comparison of Brier and Stanwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stanwood has the higher population (8,351 vs 6,507 in Brier). Brier has the higher median household income ($138,256 vs $87,477 in Stanwood). Brier has the higher median home value ($824,500 vs $547,400 in Stanwood).

Population, income & housing

	Brier	Stanwood
Population	6,507	8,351
Median age	45.9 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$138,256	$87,477
Median home value	$824,500	$547,400
Median gross rent	$2,727	$1,625
Housing units	2,423	3,067
Homeownership rate	91.3%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brier	Stanwood
Population	6,843 → 6,507 (-4.9%)	7,068 → 8,351 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$131,293 → $138,256 (+5.3%)	$75,767 → $87,477 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$525,900 → $824,500 (+56.8%)	$340,900 → $547,400 (+60.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,000 → $2,727 (+36.4%)	$1,072 → $1,625 (+51.6%)

Brier

Population

6,8436,507

Median household income

$131,293$138,256

Median home value

$525,900$824,500

Median gross rent

$2,000$2,727

Stanwood

Population

7,0688,351

Median household income

$75,767$87,477

Median home value

$340,900$547,400

Median gross rent

$1,072$1,625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brier	Stanwood
Under 5	5.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	23.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	6.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	17.4%	11.5%
65 to 74	15.3%	8.0%
75 and over	6.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brier	Stanwood
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	82.8%
Black or African American	6.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.6%
Asian	9.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brier	Stanwood
No high school diploma	4.8%	4.0%
High school graduate	18.0%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brier	Stanwood
Drove alone	65.8%	79.8%
Carpooled	2.4%	9.7%
Public transit	4.6%	1.3%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.1%	8.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brier	Stanwood
1-unit, detached	93.9%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.5%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Brier	Stanwood
Poverty rate	3.1%	7.5%
Average household size	2.72	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1986	1999