The numbers

Founded: Early 1900s

Square miles: 3.6
(1997 incorporation petition for the proposed city of Smokey Point-Lakewood)

Population: 3,300
(1997 incorporation petition for the proposed city of Smokey Point-Lakewood)

Median household income: $25,745

Median house value: $139,921
(Northwest Multiple Listing Service)

Parks: 1

Median age: 35.1

Enrolled in public school (K-12): 2,400
(Lakewood School District; includes entire distrct, which goes beyond the Smokey Point-Lakewood boundaries)

Completed four-year college or higher: 7.1 percent

Below poverty level: 8.8 percent

Home ownership: 70 percent

Renters: 30 percent