Lake Stevens is a medium-sized city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 41,350 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Lake Stevens is the 33rd largest community in Washington. Lake Stevens has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Lake Stevens, where the median household income is $122,336.00. Housing costs in Lake Stevens are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Washington.Lake Stevens is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lake Stevens is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake Stevens who work in management occupations (11.36%), office and administrative support (10.19%), and sales jobs (8.85%). Also of interest is that Lake Stevens has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 21.25% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Because of many things, Lake Stevens is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Lake Stevens really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Lake Stevens perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. One downside of living in Lake Stevens, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.95 minutes every day commuting to work. The education level of Lake Stevens citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.03% of adults in Lake Stevens have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Lake Stevens in 2022 was $49,103, which is upper middle income relative to Washington, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $196,412 for a family of four. Lake Stevens is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lake Stevens home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lake Stevens residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Lake Stevens also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.35% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lake Stevens include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Lake Stevens is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
