Lake Stevens vs Marysville

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

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

Marysville has the higher population (71,570 vs 39,500 in Lake Stevens). Lake Stevens has the higher median household income ($118,290 vs $100,362 in Marysville). Lake Stevens has the higher median home value ($593,900 vs $521,500 in Marysville).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Stevens	Marysville
Population	39,500	71,570
Median age	34.8 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$118,290	$100,362
Median home value	$593,900	$521,500
Median gross rent	$2,189	$1,863
Housing units	13,953	26,643
Homeownership rate	75.3%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Stevens	Marysville
Population	32,487 → 39,500 (+21.6%)	68,633 → 71,570 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$93,381 → $118,290 (+26.7%)	$80,453 → $100,362 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$356,900 → $593,900 (+66.4%)	$325,300 → $521,500 (+60.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,671 → $2,189 (+31.0%)	$1,387 → $1,863 (+34.3%)

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

Marysville

Population

68,63371,570

Median household income

$80,453$100,362

Median home value

$325,300$521,500

Median gross rent

$1,387$1,863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Stevens	Marysville
Under 5	8.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	21.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	18.1%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.7%
65 to 74	5.7%	8.3%
75 and over	3.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Stevens	Marysville
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	65.4%
Black or African American	2.3%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.2%
Asian	7.7%	7.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.2%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Stevens	Marysville
No high school diploma	5.3%	7.4%
High school graduate	25.9%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Stevens	Marysville
Drove alone	68.5%	74.0%
Carpooled	8.6%	10.1%
Public transit	1.9%	2.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	19.4%	11.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Stevens	Marysville
1-unit, detached	83.3%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	5.4%
20 or more units	1.2%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Lake Stevens	Marysville
Poverty rate	5.0%	7.4%
Average household size	2.94	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1996	1992