Lake Stevens

Population & Demographics

Lake Stevens, WA

Lake Stevens is home to 40,253 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 21,146 resident workers commute each day.

WashingtonCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
40,253
people
Population

40,253 residents

Median age 34.7 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Lake Stevens population & demographics

Who lives in Lake Stevens — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
40,253
Median age
34.7yrs
Median household income
$122,336
Median home value
$635,600
Median gross rent
$2,224/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
35.0%
Poverty rate
5.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Lake Stevens

How Lake Stevens breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White67.6%
Hispanic or Latino11.3%
Asian10.1%
Two or more races7.0%
Black2.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.6%
Some other race0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%

Race across Lake Stevens

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Lake Stevens.

Lake Stevens at a glance
Employed Residents
21,146
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
18.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
6.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
21.3%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Everett
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Lake Stevens proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Lake Stevens commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

30 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Lake Stevens

21,146 commutes, one dot at a time

Lake Stevens

Where 21,146 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Lake Stevens, by worker count.

1Everett5.8 mi3,853
2Seattle28.3 mi3,321
3Lake Stevens0.0 mi1,454
4Bellevue28.2 mi1,011
5Redmond22.7 mi726
6Bothell16.7 mi623
7Marysville6.0 mi601
8Kirkland21.7 mi567

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Lake Stevens.

1Lake Stevens0.0 mi1,454
2Marysville6.0 mi690
3Everett5.8 mi484
4Seattle28.3 mi185
5Arlington12.2 mi139
6Snohomish5.5 mi111
7Lake Cassidy4.1 mi108
8Bellingham54.7 mi83

Top industries

The sectors that employ Lake Stevens’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
EDEducational Services25.4%
COConstruction18.3%
RTRetail Trade14.2%
AFAccommodation and Food Services12.0%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance5.8%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.6%
WSWholesale Trade2.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services2.9%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services2.6%
Connectivity

Internet options for Lake Stevens

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Lake Stevens

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