Lake Stevens is a somewhat small city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 6,484 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Lake Stevens is the 120th largest community in Washington.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lake Stevens is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lake Stevens is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake Stevens who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.92%), sales jobs (11.79%), and management occupations (9.48%).

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.

In Lake Stevens, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.29 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Lake Stevens is a very car-oriented city. 97.35% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Lake Stevens is a small city, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Lake Stevens has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Lake Stevens is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Lake Stevens Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Lake Stevens is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 20.26% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lake Stevens in 2000 was $22,943, which is upper middle income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $91,772 for a family of four. However, Lake Stevens contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Lake Stevens home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lake Stevens is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Lake Stevens include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, Italian, Scottish, Swedish, Danish, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Lake Stevens is English. Some people also speak Spanish.