Lake Stickney vs Mill Creek

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

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

Mill Creek has the higher population (20,846 vs 15,514 in Lake Stickney). Mill Creek has the higher median household income ($121,578 vs $85,762 in Lake Stickney). Mill Creek has the higher median home value ($836,300 vs $598,400 in Lake Stickney).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Stickney	Mill Creek
Population	15,514	20,846
Median age	34.6 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$85,762	$121,578
Median home value	$598,400	$836,300
Median gross rent	$1,733	$2,197
Housing units	6,163	9,151
Homeownership rate	52.4%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	53.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Stickney	Mill Creek
Population	10,230 → 15,514 (+51.7%)	20,553 → 20,846 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$81,765 → $85,762 (+4.9%)	$103,750 → $121,578 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$432,700 → $598,400 (+38.3%)	$536,800 → $836,300 (+55.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,492 → $1,733 (+16.2%)	$1,812 → $2,197 (+21.2%)

Lake Stickney

Population

10,23015,514

Median household income

$81,765$85,762

Median home value

$432,700$598,400

Median gross rent

$1,492$1,733

Mill Creek

Population

20,55320,846

Median household income

$103,750$121,578

Median home value

$536,800$836,300

Median gross rent

$1,812$2,197

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Stickney	Mill Creek
Under 5	7.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	15.9%	15.1%
35 to 44	16.8%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	5.6%	8.5%
75 and over	3.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Stickney	Mill Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	46.1%	60.9%
Black or African American	8.2%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.2%
Asian	20.2%	20.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.7%	0.4%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Stickney	Mill Creek
No high school diploma	8.6%	3.7%
High school graduate	24.6%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Stickney	Mill Creek
Drove alone	63.7%	57.8%
Carpooled	8.6%	8.1%
Public transit	3.9%	4.8%
Walked	0.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	20.3%	27.4%
Other means	2.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Stickney	Mill Creek
1-unit, detached	39.9%	49.1%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	25.5%	17.8%
20 or more units	15.8%	22.3%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Lake Stickney	Mill Creek
Poverty rate	12.5%	4.9%
Average household size	2.66	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	2000	1995