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Blaine, WA

6,100 Population
5.6 square miles 1,092 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±7.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,944 ±$9,435 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $45,361 ±$1,079
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$84,030 ±$8,001 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $81,784 ±$2,688
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.1% ±5.1% (792  ±307) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 12.9% 29,038 (±1.2% / ±2,677)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.3 minutes ±3.4 (35,700  ±8,706) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 21.7 2,095,035 (±0.4 / ±62,945)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,539 ±203 Number of households
  • the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 94,021 ±718
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (6,043  ±26) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 2.4 225,567 (±0 / ±79)
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.3% ±3.3% (58  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 3.2% † 1,824 (±0.7% / ±396)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,793 ±243 Number of housing units
  • the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 103,520 ±83
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$549,600 ±$64,667 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $585,800 ±$9,479
  • a little less than the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.4% ±3.9% (745  ±236) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 15.1% 34,603 (±0.9% / ±2,033.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.2% ±8.3% (4,125  ±436.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 93.8% 148,061 (±1.8% / ±2,873.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.9% ±5.2% (1,382  ±240.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 39.3% 62,077 (±1.1% / ±1,768)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

18.1% ±4.2% (1,102  ±257) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 9.9% 22,902
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±3.2% (410  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 6.3% 11,811 (±0.5% / ±861)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
410 Total veterans ±157 410 Male ±157 N/A Female ±19

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