Lake Stickney vs Monroe

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

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

Monroe has the higher population (19,696 vs 15,514 in Lake Stickney). Monroe has the higher median household income ($107,556 vs $85,762 in Lake Stickney). Lake Stickney has the higher median home value ($598,400 vs $594,300 in Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Stickney	Monroe
Population	15,514	19,696
Median age	34.6 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$85,762	$107,556
Median home value	$598,400	$594,300
Median gross rent	$1,733	$1,902
Housing units	6,163	6,241
Homeownership rate	52.4%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Stickney	Monroe
Population	10,230 → 15,514 (+51.7%)	18,865 → 19,696 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$81,765 → $85,762 (+4.9%)	$85,896 → $107,556 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$432,700 → $598,400 (+38.3%)	$357,000 → $594,300 (+66.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,492 → $1,733 (+16.2%)	$1,391 → $1,902 (+36.7%)

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

Monroe

Population

18,86519,696

Median household income

$85,896$107,556

Median home value

$357,000$594,300

Median gross rent

$1,391$1,902

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Stickney	Monroe
Under 5	7.9%	8.1%
5 to 17	18.0%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.9%	20.1%
35 to 44	16.8%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	5.6%	6.0%
75 and over	3.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Stickney	Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	46.1%	65.2%
Black or African American	8.2%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.5%
Asian	20.2%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.7%	0.3%
Some other race	0.9%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.7%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Stickney	Monroe
No high school diploma	8.6%	9.7%
High school graduate	24.6%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Stickney	Monroe
Drove alone	63.7%	69.6%
Carpooled	8.6%	11.0%
Public transit	3.9%	1.7%
Walked	0.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	20.3%	13.7%
Other means	2.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Stickney	Monroe
1-unit, detached	39.9%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	25.5%	7.3%
20 or more units	15.8%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Lake Stickney	Monroe
Poverty rate	12.5%	7.0%
Average household size	2.66	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	2000	1996