Snohomish vs Woods Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Snohomish and Woods Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Snohomish has the higher population (10,177 vs 7,027 in Woods Creek). Woods Creek has the higher median household income ($145,773 vs $84,688 in Snohomish). Woods Creek has the higher median home value ($724,400 vs $599,600 in Snohomish).

Population, income & housing

	Snohomish	Woods Creek
Population	10,177	7,027
Median age	42.9 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$84,688	$145,773
Median home value	$599,600	$724,400
Median gross rent	$1,459	$3,000
Housing units	4,692	2,193
Homeownership rate	58.3%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Snohomish	Woods Creek
Population	9,976 → 10,177 (+2.0%)	5,706 → 7,027 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$71,800 → $84,688 (+17.9%)	$106,364 → $145,773 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$366,500 → $599,600 (+63.6%)	$445,000 → $724,400 (+62.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,067 → $1,459 (+36.7%)	$1,456 → $3,000 (+106.0%)

Snohomish

Population

9,97610,177

Median household income

$71,800$84,688

Median home value

$366,500$599,600

Median gross rent

$1,067$1,459

Woods Creek

Population

5,7067,027

Median household income

$106,364$145,773

Median home value

$445,000$724,400

Median gross rent

$1,456$3,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Snohomish	Woods Creek
Under 5	4.9%	10.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	21.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.2%	8.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	16.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	15.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	12.2%	8.1%
75 and over	8.1%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Snohomish	Woods Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	81.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.6%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Snohomish	Woods Creek
No high school diploma	7.3%	4.9%
High school graduate	20.2%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Snohomish	Woods Creek
Drove alone	74.6%	70.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	2.4%
Public transit	1.9%	0.7%
Walked	3.3%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.1%	20.4%
Other means	1.1%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Snohomish	Woods Creek
1-unit, detached	61.5%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	0.5%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Snohomish	Woods Creek
Poverty rate	8.3%	8.7%
Average household size	2.23	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	32	39
Median year structure built	1975	1988