Sultan vs Woods Creek

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

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

Woods Creek has the higher population (7,027 vs 5,770 in Sultan). Woods Creek has the higher median household income ($145,773 vs $85,278 in Sultan). Woods Creek has the higher median home value ($724,400 vs $455,500 in Sultan).

Population, income & housing

	Sultan	Woods Creek
Population	5,770	7,027
Median age	38.1 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$85,278	$145,773
Median home value	$455,500	$724,400
Median gross rent	$1,607	$3,000
Housing units	2,235	2,193
Homeownership rate	84.8%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sultan	Woods Creek
Population	5,166 → 5,770 (+11.7%)	5,706 → 7,027 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$79,023 → $85,278 (+7.9%)	$106,364 → $145,773 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$290,800 → $455,500 (+56.6%)	$445,000 → $724,400 (+62.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,288 → $1,607 (+24.8%)	$1,456 → $3,000 (+106.0%)

Sultan

Population

5,1665,770

Median household income

$79,023$85,278

Median home value

$290,800$455,500

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,607

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)

	Sultan	Woods Creek
Under 5	6.4%	10.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	21.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	17.2%	8.0%
35 to 44	22.1%	16.5%
45 to 54	9.2%	15.0%
55 to 64	9.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.1%
75 and over	6.2%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sultan	Woods Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	81.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.1%
Asian	9.9%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sultan	Woods Creek
No high school diploma	15.2%	4.9%
High school graduate	26.6%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sultan	Woods Creek
Drove alone	69.6%	70.1%
Carpooled	11.8%	2.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.4%	20.4%
Other means	0.7%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sultan	Woods Creek
1-unit, detached	78.7%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Sultan	Woods Creek
Poverty rate	3.2%	8.7%
Average household size	2.67	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	37	39
Median year structure built	1995	1988