Census-designated place · Stevens County, Washington

Suncrest, Washington

Suncrest is a census-designated place in Stevens County, Washington, part of the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA metro area. It has 5,345 residents. Suncrest, Washington has a quality-of-life score of 39 out of 100 (low), ranking #9,553 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Washington it ranks #310 of 395 cities and towns. It ranks best on preventable hospital stays (low), income inequality (Gini index) (low) and food insecurity (low). It ranks worst on firearm deaths (high), flu vaccinations (low) and pharmacies (low).

39Low

Quality-of-life score: #9,553 of 15,651 cities and towns
Washington: #310 of 395 in WA
Population: 5,345 (2020-2024)
Land area: 10 mi²
Density: 542.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 5368460

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety52#7,568/15,637
Economy82#2,761/15,631
Housing43#8,478/14,977
Health45#8,526/15,609
Healthcare42#9,113/15,650
Environment22#12,025/15,453
Education31#10,870/15,649
Infrastructure55#7,017/15,650
Community35#10,170/15,651
Leisure & amenities29#11,172/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Suncrest, Washington ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Stevens County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Preventable hospital stays · low1,133 /100k
99/100Washington 1,865 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStevens County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.339
96/100Washington 0.469United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Food insecurity · low8.2%
91/100Washington 10.5%United States 15.6%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Physical inactivity · low16.8%
89/100Washington 19.0%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Violent crime rate · low87 /100k
89/100Washington 284 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationStevens County value
Voter turnout · high75.6%
88/100Washington 70.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionStevens County value

Weaknesses

Firearm deaths · high34.8 /100k
1/100Washington 11.9 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataStevens County value
Flu vaccinations · low24.0%
2/100Washington 43.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStevens County value
Pharmacies · low0.6 /10k
5/100Washington 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsStevens County value
Suicide rate · high26.6 /100k
7/100Washington 17.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataStevens County value
Drought exposure · high89%
7/100Washington 54%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAStevens County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low47.9%
9/100Washington 85.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStevens County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
32.7% (2016-2020) → 14.8% (2020-2024)
−18 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.1× (2016-2020) → 5.2× (2020-2024)
+67%4 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
88.5% (2016-2020) → 94.5% (2020-2024)
+6 pts4 yearsCensus table B28002US 85.2% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
2.3% (2016-2020) → 8.0% (2020-2024)
+5.8 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$88,843 (2016-2020) → $100,952 (2020-2024)
+14%4 yearsCensus table B19013US $67,340 → $81,604
Poverty rateWorsening
2.6% (2016-2020) → 5.0% (2020-2024)
+2.3 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 11.9% → 12.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Suncrest, Washington over five years.

Cities and towns like Suncrest, Washington five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Suncrest, Washington in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Suncrest, Washington five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

5,345 residents (±669)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

5,345 residents (±669)

Suncrest, Washington
Washington share

White86%4,596
Black1.2%†66
Hispanic or Latino5.4%†287
Asian1.4%†75
American Indian and Alaska Native0.6%†32
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races5.4%†289

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

3,942 residents (±505)

Suncrest, Washington
Washington share

No high school diploma5.0%†198
High school or GED22%867
Some college31%1,204
Associate degree16%625
Bachelor's degree20%781
Graduate degree6.8%†267

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,932 households (±237)

Suncrest, Washington
Washington share

Under $25k5.6%†108
$25k–50k8.7%†169
$50k–75k15%†282
$75k–100k20%†383
$100k–150k25%†476
$150k–200k12%†231
$200k or more15%†283

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,932 households (±237)

Suncrest, Washington
Washington share

Own96%1,853
Rent4.1%†79

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

61 households (±41)

Suncrest, Washington
Washington share

Under $75051%†31
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

1,853 homes (±243)

Suncrest, Washington
Washington share

Under $150k0.5%†10
$150k–250k7.1%†131
$250k–400k20%†371

Age of homes

1,997 homes (±229)

Suncrest, Washington
Washington share

2010 or later7.1%†142
2000–200925%494
1980–199935%707

Size of homes

1,997 homes (±229)

Suncrest, Washington
Washington share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.5%†10
2 bedrooms5.6%†112

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,329 workers (±359)

Suncrest, Washington
Washington share

Drive alone75%1,747
Carpool8.2%†190
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home15%†338
Other2.3%†54

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,991 workers (±350)

Suncrest, Washington
Washington share

Under 15 min9.6%†191
15–29 min16%†313
30–44 min34%682

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Stevens County, the county holding most of Suncrest's residents.

Stevens County has 943 employer establishments, 193 for every 10,000 residents (0.78× the US rate of 248; 0.75× Washington's), with 8,423 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,662. The Census Bureau also counts 3,068 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 943; 3,068 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 193; US 248 · Washington 258
Paid employees: 8,423
Average annual pay: $49,662; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Stevens County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	81	16.6	1.07×About typical	283	$55,251	260
Construction of buildings	67	13.7	1.81×More than typical	184	$83,658	147
Restaurants and other eating places	56	11.5	0.62×Fewer than typical	615	$23,491	13
Ambulatory health care services	51	10.4	0.50×Fewer than typical	864	$49,587	125
Truck transportation	41	8.4	1.66×More than typical	183	$62,541	81
Lessors of real estate	36	7.4	0.60×Fewer than typical	71	$37,338	278
Religious organizations	36	7.4	1.33×More than typical	113	$21,389	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	27	5.5	0.82×About typical	139	$31,511	162
Automotive repair and maintenance	24	4.9	0.97×About typical	100	$54,300	48
Building equipment contractors	23	4.7	0.78×Fewer than typical	140	$53,679	34
Full-service restaurants	22	4.5	0.59×Fewer than typical	181	$26,011	5
Building finishing contractors	21	4.3	1.13×About typical	42	$44,524	64

Rank places for an industry Open Stevens County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 48,895 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Suncrest, Washington: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

0FY2017
19.8KFY2018
4.2KFY2019

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Suncrest, Washington, so they do not add up across cities.

Suncrest, Washington's figures are part of those of Stevens County, WA ($17.7M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Suncrest is mostly in Stevens County.

See federal money in Stevens County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Suncrest, Washington is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Michael BaumgartnerR-WA-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Stevens County37100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA64

Other cities and towns in Stevens County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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