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Suncrest is an unincorporated census-designated place in southern Stevens County, located along the Spokane River about 9.7 miles northwest of the city of Spokane.

With 5,413 residents at the 2020 census, Suncrest is the largest community in Stevens County despite having no city government of its own, surpassing even the county seat, Colville.

The 2020 census counted 5,413 people in 1,922 households across the CDP's roughly 9.9 square miles of land.

Suncrest first appeared as a census-designated place in the 2020 census, reflecting its growth as a suburban community.

Suncrest functions as a bedroom community and exurb of Spokane, and State Route 291 is its main thoroughfare connecting it to the city.

The community is served by the Nine Mile Falls School District, and three public schools are located within Suncrest itself: Lake Spokane Elementary, Lakeside Middle School, and Lakeside High School.

Suncrest fronts on Lake Spokane, the reservoir created on the Spokane River by Long Lake Dam in 1915; the dam was built without a fish ladder and ended the salmon runs that had long sustained the area's Indigenous inhabitants.

Although the community is named Suncrest, its postal addresses use Nine Mile Falls, ZIP code 99026.

Stevens County, including Suncrest, is part of the Spokane-Spokane Valley metropolitan statistical area.