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Lynden, WA

16,025 Population
5.4 square miles 2,948.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,654 ±$4,648 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $43,463 ±$1,005
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $51,493 ±$245
$94,869 ±$8,307 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $80,989 ±$2,462
  • about the same as the amount in Washington: $94,952 ±$476

8.7% ±3.7% (1,386  ±581) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 12.7% 28,364 (±1% / ±2,165)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 9.9% 753,455 (±0.2% / ±11,430)

21.9 minutes ±2.3 (156,895  ±22,560) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 22.1 2,129,355 (±0.3 / ±53,788)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)

Families

5,865 ±323 Number of households
  • the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 92,411 ±783
  • Washington: 3,020,558 ±5,770
2.7 ±0.2 (15,826  ±34) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 2.4 223,585 (±0 / ±75)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,588,019

6.8% ±4% (252  ±151) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 3.2% † 1,777 (±0.7% / ±384)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,720 (±0.1% / ±2,435)

Housing

6,107 ±351 Number of housing units
  • the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 101,928 ±116
  • Washington: 3,262,667 ±447

$546,400 ±$28,038 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $536,100 ±$9,388
  • a little higher than the amount in Washington: $519,800 ±$2,550

14.5% ±4.6% (2,284  ±730.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 16.1% 36,598 (±0.9% / ±2,139.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,157,574 (±0.2% / ±13,781.2)

Social

92.6% ±5.5% (9,609  ±758.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 93.8% 145,709 (±1.8% / ±2,791.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.2% 4,987,606 (±0.3% / ±16,795.6)
28.2% ±3.3% (2,926  ±376.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 38.1% 59,183 (±1.1% / ±1,637.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 38.8% 2,097,154 (±0.2% / ±10,784.8)

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

10.9% ±2.5% (1,746  ±396) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 9.9% 22,573
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,170,683

9.5% ±2.3% (1,154  ±282) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 6.8% 12,529 (±0.5% / ±839)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 8.1% 486,714 (±0.1% / ±4,612)
1,154 Total veterans ±282 966 Male ±235 188 Female ±114

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