Sunday LakeWA
A town of 1,375.
Is Sunday Lake a good place to live?
The best of Sunday Lake’s subject grades are a B for schools and incomes; the weakest is a D for cost of living. On the outdoors, just 4 of Washington’s 397 towns do worse. Sunday Lake has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,375 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Sunday Lake grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Sunday Lake is from typical.
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Husky Stadium and 44 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sunday Lake. Close and well known come first.
40 mi Stadium & arenaHusky Stadium
18 mi Stadium & arenaAngel of the Winds Arena
24 mi LandmarkFort Worden
39 mi DamHiram M. Chittenden Locks
39 mi Zoo & aquariumWoodland Park Zoo
19 mi LandmarkFort CaseyPhoto credits
Husky Stadium: Atomic Taco, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Angel of the Winds Arena: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Worden: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hiram M. Chittenden Locks: Unknown Photographer / US Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain · Woodland Park Zoo: Bernie Ongewe, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Casey: mikelehen, CC BY 2.0
Moving to Sunday Lake: who provides what
Sunday Lake is unincorporated, so Snohomish 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 Sunday Lake.
With only 0.1 jobs per working resident, most people in Sunday Lake work out of town
The top destinations are Everett (12%), Seattle (11%) and Stanwood (8%). Employers in Sunday Lake added 37 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 51. Half commute less than 21 miles.
| Sunday Lake | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 8.9% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Sunday Lake, with earthquakes at the top
Of the losses FEMA expects in Sunday Lake, 50% come from earthquakes and 43% from inland flooding. On expected storm and flood damage, Sunday Lake sits above 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Sunday Lake brings four seasons and pleasant summers
The peak summer temperature for Sunday Lake comes to 74°F, below both the Washington town median (77°F) and the median of U.S. towns (85°F).
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Sunday Lake are healthier than three in five U.S. towns
Two figures for adults in Sunday Lake: 74% had a checkup this year, 15% report frequent physical distress. On the CDC’s 31 measures, Sunday Lake is ahead of Washington on 4 and behind on 15. 28% of adults have been diagnosed with depression here, against 26% in Washington’s towns and 23% across U.S. towns. Sunday Lake: 20% of adults get no exercise outside work.
| Sunday Lake | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 71% | 79% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Sunday Lake | WA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 69.9% | 66.2% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 74.6% | 70.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.4% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Sunday Lake sell for about $930K
89% of households own their home in Sunday Lake.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sunday Lake Access Area | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Sunday Lake
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sunday Lake
About 1 of every 100 Sunday Lake residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
100% of working residents leave Sunday Lake for work
Where Sunday Lake’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Sunday Lake
CDP in Washington, United States
Sunday Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. As of the 2020 census, Sunday Lake had a population of 1,184.
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- Area
- 1.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 256 ft
- Area code
- 360
Questions about Sunday Lake
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sunday Lake, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $697,000, 19% 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 D.