Lake Marcel-StillwaterWA
1,549 people live in this town in Washington.
Is Lake Marcel-Stillwater a good place to live?
The best of Lake Marcel-Stillwater’s subject grades are an A for health and schools and an A− for incomes; the weakest is a C for hazard risk. Lake Marcel-Stillwater’s middle household income is $202,000, above both Washington’s towns ($98,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Only 9 of the 286 Washington towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Lake Marcel-Stillwater. On the outdoors, just 6 of Washington’s 397 towns do worse. Lake Marcel-Stillwater has 1 place on the National Register. Lake Marcel-Stillwater has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
How Lake Marcel-Stillwater grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Lake Marcel-Stillwater is from typical.
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What makes Lake Marcel-Stillwater stand out
Where Lake Marcel-Stillwater beats most towns.
100% of working residents leave Lake Marcel-Stillwater for work
Where Lake Marcel-Stillwater’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2024
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lake Marcel-Stillwater.
Residents of Lake Marcel-Stillwater are healthier than 95% of U.S. towns
In Lake Marcel-Stillwater, 8% of adults worry about having enough food. On the CDC’s 31 measures, Lake Marcel-Stillwater is ahead of Washington on 14 and behind on 1. Among adults here, 26% have obesity and 13% get no exercise outside work.
| Lake Marcel-Stillwater | Typical Washington town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 33% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 33% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 7.7% | 9.8% | 12% |
| What stands out | Lake Marcel-Stillwater | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.7% | 9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.5% | 8.4% |
| More binge drinkers | 18.7% | 16.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Lake Marcel-Stillwater’s schools beat 93% of Washington districts
Its one school is below. The Riverview School District runs its public schools. 491 students attend Lake Marcel-Stillwater’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stillwater ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 491 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
With only 0.1 jobs per working resident, most people in Lake Marcel-Stillwater work out of town
Lake Marcel-Stillwater’s mean commuting time is put at 35 minutes. Since 2014, Lake Marcel-Stillwater has added 64 jobs, to 105 in 2024. 5.3% of residents live below the poverty line here. Half commute less than 14 miles.
| Lake Marcel-Stillwater | Typical Washington town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
Mild winters and pleasant summers: that is Lake Marcel-Stillwater’s year
The typical July afternoon high is 75°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: high risk in Lake Marcel-Stillwater, mostly earthquakes
The natural-hazard score from FEMA here in Lake Marcel-Stillwater is 66 of 100. FEMA puts half of the town’s expected hazard losses down to earthquakes, and 46% to inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Lake Marcel-Stillwater sells for about $790K
The share of households in Lake Marcel-Stillwater who own their home is 94%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Lake Marcel-Stillwater
Space Needle and 132 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lake Marcel-Stillwater. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
21 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
21 mi Ancient siteSeattle Underground
18 mi Stadium & arenaHusky StadiumPhoto credits
Space Needle: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Climate Pledge Arena: Sea Cow, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lumen Field: "Smart Destinations", GoSeattleCard.com, and Go Seattle Card Blog, CC BY-SA 2.0 · T-Mobile Park: MyName (Cacophony), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Seattle Underground: Mark Hursh, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Husky Stadium: Atomic Taco, CC BY-SA 2.0
Moving to Lake Marcel-Stillwater: who provides what
Lake Marcel-Stillwater is unincorporated, so King County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Colleges nearby
7 within 15 miles of the center of Lake Marcel-Stillwater
About 0 of every 100 Lake Marcel-Stillwater residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
About Lake Marcel-Stillwater
Census-designated place in Washington, United States
Lake Marcel-Stillwater is a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,334 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 299 ft
- Area code
- 206
Questions about Lake Marcel-Stillwater
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lake Marcel-Stillwater, WA a good place to live?
1,549 people live in this town in Washington.
Is Lake Marcel-Stillwater, WA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $848,000, 44% above the Washington typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
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