Picnic Point vs Stanwood

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

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

Picnic Point has the higher population (9,833 vs 8,351 in Stanwood). Picnic Point has the higher median household income ($128,295 vs $87,477 in Stanwood). Picnic Point has the higher median home value ($747,600 vs $547,400 in Stanwood).

Population, income & housing

	Picnic Point	Stanwood
Population	9,833	8,351
Median age	41.8 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$128,295	$87,477
Median home value	$747,600	$547,400
Median gross rent	$2,306	$1,625
Housing units	3,663	3,067
Homeownership rate	78.7%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Picnic Point	Stanwood
Population	9,064 → 9,833 (+8.5%)	7,068 → 8,351 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$107,500 → $128,295 (+19.3%)	$75,767 → $87,477 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$485,700 → $747,600 (+53.9%)	$340,900 → $547,400 (+60.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,724 → $2,306 (+33.8%)	$1,072 → $1,625 (+51.6%)

Picnic Point

Population

9,0649,833

Median household income

$107,500$128,295

Median home value

$485,700$747,600

Median gross rent

$1,724$2,306

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)

	Picnic Point	Stanwood
Under 5	3.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.5%	23.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	18.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	8.4%
55 to 64	16.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	11.7%	8.0%
75 and over	4.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Picnic Point	Stanwood
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	82.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.6%
Asian	18.4%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.5%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Picnic Point	Stanwood
No high school diploma	5.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	17.3%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Picnic Point	Stanwood
Drove alone	60.7%	79.8%
Carpooled	11.6%	9.7%
Public transit	4.7%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	8.9%
Other means	3.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Picnic Point	Stanwood
1-unit, detached	82.3%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	13.5%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Picnic Point	Stanwood
Poverty rate	5.2%	7.5%
Average household size	2.73	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1980	1999