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15,890people live here $94,020median household income▲ 16% above US $1,806median rent per month▲ 28% above US $620,300median home value▲ 86% above US

Lake Stickney is an unincorporated community in Snohomish County, WA. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Lake Stickney

Lake Stickney is an unincorporated community in Washington with household incomes running above the national average and schools with class sizes near the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Lake Stickney deals with rent well above the national average, home prices well above the national average, commute times longer than most cities, and a rent burden that leaves many renters stretched thin.

The good

Higher-than-average incomes
Average class sizes

The not so good

Rent well above the national average
High home prices
Above-average commute times
High rent burden for renters

How Lake Stickney compares

Median household income

Lake Stickney$94,020

Washington avg$98,141

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Lake Stickney$1,806

Washington avg$1,760

US$1,413

Median home value

Lake Stickney$620,300

Washington avg$564,600

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Lake Stickney

Based on Lake Stickney's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$3,612

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $72,240 a year
56% of Lake Stickney renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$124,060

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $62,030
Homes cost 6.6× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▲ 28% above US

$1,806/mo median rent

Rent runs on the higher side, at $1,806 a month median. Whether that premium makes sense usually comes down to the local job market and what it pays. Home prices are steep, with a median around $620,300. Renting first to get a feel for the city before buying is often the more practical route.

Median home value $620,300 · 56% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

4.7% county unemployment

Unemployment in Snohomish County is 4.7%, close to the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Snohomish County (county-wide)

Safety

104 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Lake Stickney doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 627/100k · Policed by Snohomish County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting around▲ 28% above US

33 min average commute

Traffic is a real factor here. The 33.4 minute average means plenty of commuters are pushing 45 to 60 minutes on a bad day. Proximity to work matters more here than it might elsewhere. 7 in 10 workers drive to work; 24% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

60%

Work from home

24%

Carpool

8.5%

Public transit

4.7%

Other

2.8%

Walk

0.7%

Climate

Summers are comfortable, with highs around 71°F, and winters are chilly but manageable, with lows around 37°F.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforceNear US average

37% bachelor's degree or higher

Education levels run about average, with 37% college-educated. It's a mix of white-collar and blue-collar work, which can be an asset or a limitation depending on the field.

Schools

2 public schools inside the boundary

There are 2 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15:1, close to the national average of 16:1. Smaller class sizes are generally a positive sign for a district.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park (19 miles away). There are 7 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Lake Stickney's strongest point is household incomes running above the national average; the main tradeoffs are rent well above the national average and home prices well above the national average. A year of median rent ($1,806/mo) equals 23% of the median household income here, about the same as the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit remote workers (24% of workers here already work from home). It may be a harder fit for renters on a tight budget and people who dread long commutes.

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