Everett vs Lake Stevens

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

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

Everett has the higher population (111,083 vs 39,500 in Lake Stevens). Lake Stevens has the higher median household income ($118,290 vs $81,502 in Everett). Lake Stevens has the higher median home value ($593,900 vs $532,300 in Everett).

Population, income & housing

	Everett	Lake Stevens
Population	111,083	39,500
Median age	37.1 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,502	$118,290
Median home value	$532,300	$593,900
Median gross rent	$1,675	$2,189
Housing units	47,499	13,953
Homeownership rate	50.0%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Everett	Lake Stevens
Population	109,766 → 111,083 (+1.2%)	32,487 → 39,500 (+21.6%)
Median household income	$60,759 → $81,502 (+34.1%)	$93,381 → $118,290 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$322,700 → $532,300 (+65.0%)	$356,900 → $593,900 (+66.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,241 → $1,675 (+35.0%)	$1,671 → $2,189 (+31.0%)

Everett

Population

109,766111,083

Median household income

$60,759$81,502

Median home value

$322,700$532,300

Median gross rent

$1,241$1,675

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)

	Everett	Lake Stevens
Under 5	5.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	21.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	17.9%	16.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	18.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.0%
65 to 74	9.3%	5.7%
75 and over	5.1%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Everett	Lake Stevens
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	71.5%
Black or African American	6.4%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	10.0%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.6%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.3%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Everett	Lake Stevens
No high school diploma	11.0%	5.3%
High school graduate	26.2%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Everett	Lake Stevens
Drove alone	68.0%	68.5%
Carpooled	10.4%	8.6%
Public transit	3.4%	1.9%
Walked	3.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	19.4%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Everett	Lake Stevens
1-unit, detached	44.4%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	2.2%
20 or more units	18.3%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Everett	Lake Stevens
Poverty rate	12.1%	5.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1980	1996