10.9% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Lake Stickney, WA (1.73k out of 15.9k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males < 5, followed by Females < 5 and then Males 6 - 11.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Lake Stickney, WA is Hispanic, followed by Other and White.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.