Fact text

  • Lake Stevens was once such a popular resort that it drew 3,000 visitors on a single busy day just to fish, swim, and water-ski.
  • A locomotive from the old Rucker sawmill sank in the lake in the early 1910s and wasn't rediscovered until 1995, by a U.S. Navy training team.
  • The city incorporated in 1960 partly because downtown business owners were panicking about a new shopping center stealing their customers.
  • Lake Stevens is the largest and deepest lake in all of Snohomish County, covering over 1,000 acres.
  • The city once bought a former post office for its city hall, complete with a jail that was never once used thanks to a last-minute change in state law.
Your
Lake Stevens
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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33470
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Total Population
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$
93087
Median Income
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$
384400
Median Home
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10
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Lake Stevens
ranks for retirees?
56
/ 100

A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.

Tax
79
Affordability
41
Healthcare
56
Climate
33

Results

Lake Stevens

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
79

Washington levies no state income tax, meaning Social Security, pension payments, and IRA or 401(k) withdrawals are all free from state-level taxation.

State sales tax here runs about

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
79
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
41

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
41
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
56

The area has

4

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

4

/5 CMS quality rating.

Source · CMS Hospital Compare
4
Retirement tax planning
04 - Climate

Weather & Comfort

Climate
33

A

Temperate

climate — summers peak near

73

°F, winters dip to about

34

°F, with roughly

″ of snow a year.

Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Temperate
Retirement tax planning
05 - Risk

Natural Disaster Risk

Risk
Relatively High

FEMA's overall natural-disaster risk rating for this county on the National Risk Index.

Source · FEMA National Risk Index
Relatively High

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