Darrington vs Sunday Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Darrington and Sunday Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Darrington has the higher population (1,397 vs 1,209 in Sunday Lake). Sunday Lake has the higher median household income ($110,491 vs $64,438 in Darrington). Sunday Lake has the higher median home value ($696,700 vs $373,300 in Darrington).

Population, income & housing

	Darrington	Sunday Lake
Population	1,397	1,209
Median age	43.2 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,438	$110,491
Median home value	$373,300	$696,700
Median gross rent	$898	—
Housing units	648	560
Homeownership rate	67.4%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darrington	Sunday Lake
Population	1,088 → 1,397 (+28.4%)	613 → 1,209 (+97.2%)
Median household income	$37,708 → $64,438 (+70.9%)	$98,036 → $110,491 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$189,900 → $373,300 (+96.6%)	$416,700 → $696,700 (+67.2%)
Median gross rent	$937 → $898 (-4.2%)	—

Darrington

Population

1,0881,397

Median household income

$37,708$64,438

Median home value

$189,900$373,300

Median gross rent

$937$898

Sunday Lake

Population

6131,209

Median household income

$98,036$110,491

Median home value

$416,700$696,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darrington	Sunday Lake
Under 5	2.1%	8.8%
5 to 17	19.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	11.8%
25 to 34	11.4%	2.2%
35 to 44	14.5%	17.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	4.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	16.2%
65 to 74	14.0%	18.4%
75 and over	9.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darrington	Sunday Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	77.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darrington	Sunday Lake
No high school diploma	14.4%	12.6%
High school graduate	37.6%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darrington	Sunday Lake
Drove alone	70.8%	75.8%
Carpooled	2.8%	8.1%
Public transit	4.2%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	16.1%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darrington	Sunday Lake
1-unit, detached	75.3%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	Darrington	Sunday Lake
Poverty rate	17.8%	9.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1975	1995