Mountlake Terrace vs Mukilteo

A side-by-side comparison of Mountlake Terrace and Mukilteo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mountlake Terrace has the higher population (21,419 vs 21,312 in Mukilteo). Mukilteo has the higher median household income ($122,612 vs $101,404 in Mountlake Terrace). Mukilteo has the higher median home value ($830,000 vs $606,100 in Mountlake Terrace).

Population, income & housing

	Mountlake Terrace	Mukilteo
Population	21,419	21,312
Median age	38.2 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$101,404	$122,612
Median home value	$606,100	$830,000
Median gross rent	$1,966	$2,127
Housing units	9,504	8,492
Homeownership rate	56.1%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	54.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountlake Terrace	Mukilteo
Population	21,210 → 21,419 (+1.0%)	21,336 → 21,312 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$72,955 → $101,404 (+39.0%)	$108,536 → $122,612 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$392,600 → $606,100 (+54.4%)	$582,700 → $830,000 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,464 → $1,966 (+34.3%)	$1,796 → $2,127 (+18.4%)

Mountlake Terrace

Population

21,21021,419

Median household income

$72,955$101,404

Median home value

$392,600$606,100

Median gross rent

$1,464$1,966

Mukilteo

Population

21,33621,312

Median household income

$108,536$122,612

Median home value

$582,700$830,000

Median gross rent

$1,796$2,127

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountlake Terrace	Mukilteo
Under 5	4.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	13.1%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	18.3%	8.2%
35 to 44	16.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	17.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.3%
75 and over	7.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountlake Terrace	Mukilteo
White (non-Hispanic)	60.7%	60.6%
Black or African American	3.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	10.3%	20.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.9%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountlake Terrace	Mukilteo
No high school diploma	6.1%	2.5%
High school graduate	20.4%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountlake Terrace	Mukilteo
Drove alone	61.9%	60.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	10.2%
Public transit	4.2%	1.9%
Walked	0.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	22.6%	25.4%
Other means	1.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountlake Terrace	Mukilteo
1-unit, detached	49.4%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	18.1%	19.1%
20 or more units	18.4%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Mountlake Terrace	Mukilteo
Poverty rate	8.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.33	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1971	1990