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Lake Stevens
A snapshot profile, compiled from information provided by the 1990 Census and Lake Stevens School District:

The numbers

Founded: 1960

Square miles: 2

Population: 5,740

Median family income: $37,147

Median house value: $138,450

Median apartment rent: $418

Parks: 5

Housing units: 1,868


The people

Pie chart showing ethnic breakdown of population

Median age: 29.6

Enrolled in public school (K-12): 6,025
The school district is larger than the city proper; based on 1998 data.

Completed four-year college or higher: 15.7 percent

Below poverty level: 9.4 percent

Home ownership: 68 percent

Renters: 32 percent

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HEADLINES
Saturday, September 5, 1998

Struggling to hold on to the small-town feel

No doubt city will keep growing; debate is over how

Some neighbors fighting to keep growth at arm's length

Lake's beauty is about only thing that hasn't changed here

Jon Hahn: Bomstead's collection is motor-vated by a driving passion for 'automobilia'

Things to do while you're here

Scenes of Lake Stevens

Lake Stevens historical album

Lake Stevens by the numbers


Nearby communities:

Everett

Granite Falls

Marysville

Monroe

Snohomish

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