Lake Stevens vs Mill Creek East

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

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

Lake Stevens has the higher population (39,500 vs 25,461 in Mill Creek East). Mill Creek East has the higher median household income ($183,466 vs $118,290 in Lake Stevens). Mill Creek East has the higher median home value ($840,100 vs $593,900 in Lake Stevens).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Stevens	Mill Creek East
Population	39,500	25,461
Median age	34.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$118,290	$183,466
Median home value	$593,900	$840,100
Median gross rent	$2,189	$3,013
Housing units	13,953	8,145
Homeownership rate	75.3%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	64.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Stevens	Mill Creek East
Population	32,487 → 39,500 (+21.6%)	24,291 → 25,461 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$93,381 → $118,290 (+26.7%)	$133,794 → $183,466 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$356,900 → $593,900 (+66.4%)	$523,300 → $840,100 (+60.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,671 → $2,189 (+31.0%)	$2,193 → $3,013 (+37.4%)

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

Mill Creek East

Population

24,29125,461

Median household income

$133,794$183,466

Median home value

$523,300$840,100

Median gross rent

$2,193$3,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Stevens	Mill Creek East
Under 5	8.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	21.0%	22.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	4.9%
25 to 34	16.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	18.1%	20.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.0%	9.0%
65 to 74	5.7%	5.5%
75 and over	3.1%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Stevens	Mill Creek East
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	43.0%
Black or African American	2.3%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	7.7%	37.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.2%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Stevens	Mill Creek East
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	25.9%	10.8%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	30.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Stevens	Mill Creek East
Drove alone	68.5%	56.9%
Carpooled	8.6%	9.2%
Public transit	1.9%	4.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	28.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Stevens	Mill Creek East
1-unit, detached	83.3%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	3.4%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake Stevens	Mill Creek East
Poverty rate	5.0%	3.7%
Average household size	2.94	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	36	36
Median year structure built	1996	2003