Maltby vs Stanwood

A side-by-side comparison of Maltby and Stanwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Maltby has the higher population (10,859 vs 8,351 in Stanwood). Maltby has the higher median household income ($179,276 vs $87,477 in Stanwood). Maltby has the higher median home value ($914,800 vs $547,400 in Stanwood).

Population, income & housing

	Maltby	Stanwood
Population	10,859	8,351
Median age	45.7 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$179,276	$87,477
Median home value	$914,800	$547,400
Median gross rent	$1,928	$1,625
Housing units	3,900	3,067
Homeownership rate	93.7%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maltby	Stanwood
Population	11,972 → 10,859 (-9.3%)	7,068 → 8,351 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$124,857 → $179,276 (+43.6%)	$75,767 → $87,477 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$586,800 → $914,800 (+55.9%)	$340,900 → $547,400 (+60.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,731 → $1,928 (+11.4%)	$1,072 → $1,625 (+51.6%)

Maltby

Population

11,97210,859

Median household income

$124,857$179,276

Median home value

$586,800$914,800

Median gross rent

$1,731$1,928

Stanwood

Population

7,0688,351

Median household income

$75,767$87,477

Median home value

$340,900$547,400

Median gross rent

$1,072$1,625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maltby	Stanwood
Under 5	4.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	23.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	17.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	14.1%	8.0%
75 and over	4.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maltby	Stanwood
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	82.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	2.6%
Asian	4.8%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maltby	Stanwood
No high school diploma	3.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	19.1%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maltby	Stanwood
Drove alone	62.0%	79.8%
Carpooled	7.5%	9.7%
Public transit	2.7%	1.3%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.0%	8.9%
Other means	1.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maltby	Stanwood
1-unit, detached	89.1%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.5%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Maltby	Stanwood
Poverty rate	2.5%	7.5%
Average household size	2.86	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1983	1999