Lake Stevens vs Lynnwood

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

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

Lynnwood has the higher population (40,953 vs 39,500 in Lake Stevens). Lake Stevens has the higher median household income ($118,290 vs $76,439 in Lynnwood). Lynnwood has the higher median home value ($635,800 vs $593,900 in Lake Stevens).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Stevens	Lynnwood
Population	39,500	40,953
Median age	34.8 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$118,290	$76,439
Median home value	$593,900	$635,800
Median gross rent	$2,189	$1,675
Housing units	13,953	17,617
Homeownership rate	75.3%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Stevens	Lynnwood
Population	32,487 → 39,500 (+21.6%)	38,143 → 40,953 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$93,381 → $118,290 (+26.7%)	$63,743 → $76,439 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$356,900 → $593,900 (+66.4%)	$395,300 → $635,800 (+60.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,671 → $2,189 (+31.0%)	$1,303 → $1,675 (+28.5%)

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

Lynnwood

Population

38,14340,953

Median household income

$63,743$76,439

Median home value

$395,300$635,800

Median gross rent

$1,303$1,675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Stevens	Lynnwood
Under 5	8.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	21.0%	13.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	15.9%
35 to 44	18.1%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	5.7%	10.0%
75 and over	3.1%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Stevens	Lynnwood
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	50.9%
Black or African American	2.3%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	7.7%	19.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.2%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Stevens	Lynnwood
No high school diploma	5.3%	11.1%
High school graduate	25.9%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Stevens	Lynnwood
Drove alone	68.5%	65.6%
Carpooled	8.6%	9.9%
Public transit	1.9%	7.8%
Walked	1.1%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	19.4%	13.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Stevens	Lynnwood
1-unit, detached	83.3%	46.0%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	16.5%
20 or more units	1.2%	20.8%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Stevens	Lynnwood
Poverty rate	5.0%	14.2%
Average household size	2.94	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	36	29
Median year structure built	1996	1979