Edmonds vs Lake Stevens

A side-by-side comparison of Edmonds and Lake Stevens: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Edmonds has the higher population (42,783 vs 39,500 in Lake Stevens). Lake Stevens has the higher median household income ($118,290 vs $116,095 in Edmonds). Edmonds has the higher median home value ($840,200 vs $593,900 in Lake Stevens).

Population, income & housing

	Edmonds	Lake Stevens
Population	42,783	39,500
Median age	46.3 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$116,095	$118,290
Median home value	$840,200	$593,900
Median gross rent	$1,850	$2,189
Housing units	19,447	13,953
Homeownership rate	70.2%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.2%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edmonds	Lake Stevens
Population	42,040 → 42,783 (+1.8%)	32,487 → 39,500 (+21.6%)
Median household income	$89,229 → $116,095 (+30.1%)	$93,381 → $118,290 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$536,900 → $840,200 (+56.5%)	$356,900 → $593,900 (+66.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,466 → $1,850 (+26.2%)	$1,671 → $2,189 (+31.0%)

Edmonds

Population

42,04042,783

Median household income

$89,229$116,095

Median home value

$536,900$840,200

Median gross rent

$1,466$1,850

Lake Stevens

Population

32,48739,500

Median household income

$93,381$118,290

Median home value

$356,900$593,900

Median gross rent

$1,671$2,189

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edmonds	Lake Stevens
Under 5	4.5%	8.0%
5 to 17	12.2%	21.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.9%	16.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	18.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	11.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	5.7%
75 and over	9.5%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edmonds	Lake Stevens
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	71.5%
Black or African American	2.2%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	10.2%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.4%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edmonds	Lake Stevens
No high school diploma	2.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	16.4%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edmonds	Lake Stevens
Drove alone	60.3%	68.5%
Carpooled	6.1%	8.6%
Public transit	4.0%	1.9%
Walked	2.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.3%	19.4%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edmonds	Lake Stevens
1-unit, detached	59.5%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	16.7%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Edmonds	Lake Stevens
Poverty rate	3.5%	5.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	28	36
Median year structure built	1973	1996