Stansberry LakeWA
The town has 1,807 residents and lies in Washington.
Is Stansberry Lake a good place to live?
The best of Stansberry Lake’s subject grades are an A for schools and the outdoors; the weakest is a D− for walkability. Stansberry Lake’s average trip to work is 44 minutes, where Washington’s towns sit at 27 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. On walkability, just 6 of Washington’s 396 towns do worse. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 80% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. Rocky Creek Conservation Area, at 63 acres with 1.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Stansberry Lake has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
100% of working residents leave Stansberry Lake for work
Where Stansberry Lake’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Stansberry Lake grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Stansberry Lake is from typical.
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Space Needle and 127 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Stansberry Lake. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
Big draw27 mi National ParkOlympic National Park3.6M visitors a year
23 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
23 mi Ancient siteSeattle UndergroundPhoto 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 · Olympic National Park: Wsiegmund, CC BY 2.5 · T-Mobile Park: MyName (Cacophony), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Seattle Underground: Mark Hursh, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Stansberry Lake: who provides what
Stansberry Lake is unincorporated, so Pierce 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Stansberry Lake.
Natural hazards: very high risk in Stansberry Lake, mostly earthquakes
Of the losses FEMA expects in Stansberry Lake, 59% come from earthquakes and 36% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A smaller share of residents live below the poverty line in Stansberry Lake than in most of Washington or the rest of the country
Only 2 of the 286 Washington towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Stansberry Lake. Half of commuters travel less than 20 miles. The top destinations are Tacoma (13%), Seattle (12%) and Gig Harbor (8%).
| Stansberry Lake | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.8% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.1% | 4.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Stansberry Lake is healthier than 72% of U.S. towns
11% of adults smoke cigarettes in Stansberry Lake. Against the Washington average, Stansberry Lake comes out ahead on 5 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 5. Two figures for adults in the town: 72% had a checkup this year, 17% get no exercise outside work.
| Stansberry Lake | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 71% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 25% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Stansberry Lake | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.5% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| More adults with obesity | 36.4% | 30.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Stansberry Lake: mild winters and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 76°, January nights drop to 36° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More middle-aged adults than Washington overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 19% of residents (24% statewide). The share of adults 25 and older in Stansberry Lake who hold a bachelor’s degree or more: 37%. In Stansberry Lake, the median age is 40.1 years.
| Stansberry Lake | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 30% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 16% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.6 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| Stansberry Lake | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.3% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.5% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 2.7% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17.7% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 4.8% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 21% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.6% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 1.4% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.2% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 12.5% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 31.4% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15.2% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.1% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.7% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
Stansberry Lake has set aside 7% of its land for conservation
In Stansberry Lake, the trail network density is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Stansberry Lake | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 7% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rocky Creek Conservation Area | 1.4 mi | 63 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Stansberry Lake sells for about $512K at the median
Stansberry Lake’s midpoint rent stands at $2,167 a month. 93% of Stansberry Lake households are owner-occupiers.
| Stansberry Lake | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 93% | 71% | 73% |
| Median rent | $2,167 a month | $1,739 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Stansberry Lake
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Stansberry Lake
About 6 of every 100 Stansberry Lake residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Washington.
About Stansberry Lake
CDP in Washington, United States
Stansberry Lake is a census-designated place located in Pierce County, Washington. As of the 2020 census, Stansberry Lake had a population of 2,087.
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- Area
- 2.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 259 ft
- Area code
- 360
Stansberry Lake’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Stansberry Lake.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stansberry Lake | — | — | B− | — | A | B+ |
| Key Center | #139 | B− | C+ | — | A | B− |
| Wauna | #60 | B+ | C | — | A | B+ |
Stansberry Lake has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Stansberry Lake, Key Center and Wauna report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Stansberry Lake with a neighbor →
Questions about Stansberry Lake
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Stansberry Lake, WA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $399,000, 32% below 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 B−.