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Bellingham, WA Urban Area

135,591 Population
50.2 square miles 2,701.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,797 ±$2,337 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$79,365 ±$4,943 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.4% ±2.5% (18,891  ±3,371) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.3 minutes ±0.6 (1,118,905  ±53,172) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

58,553 ±2,332 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (130,890  ±4,317) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

1.6% ±1.1% (618  ±424) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

61,063 ±2,185 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$656,000 ±$26,499 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

20.6% ±3.1% (27,826  ±4,250.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.6% ±3.8% (86,762  ±4,774) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
51.8% ±3.3% (47,013  ±3,440.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

8.1% ±2% (10,928  ±2,775) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.7% ±1% (6,462  ±1,155) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,462 Total veterans ±1,155 5,960 Male ±1,060 502 Female ±386

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