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Bellingham School District, WA

116,071 Population
90.9 square miles 1,276.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Whatcom County: 38.9 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$46,709 ±$2,461 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Whatcom County: $46,500 ±$1,629
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $55,177 ±$479
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$79,605 ±$4,917 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Whatcom County: $86,162 ±$7,154
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $99,389 ±$1,322
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.2% ±2.5% (17,022  ±2,883) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Whatcom County: 11.4% † 26,198 (±1.7% / ±3,938)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 776,683 (±0.3% / ±22,218)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.9 minutes ±1.5 (1,120,065  ±112,885) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Whatcom County: 20.6 2,140,845 (±0.9 / ±134,027)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Washington: 27.2 89,307,904 (±0.2 / ±1,061,767)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

51,648 ±2,420 Number of households
  • Whatcom County: 97,076 ±1,917
  • Washington: 3,168,080 ±9,393
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (111,604  ±4,588) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Whatcom County: 2.4 229,802 (±0.1 / ±129)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,802,363
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

1.7% ±1.1% (601  ±402) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Whatcom County: 2.1% † 1,214 (±1% / ±614)
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 4.7% 89,530 (±0.3% / ±5,962)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

54,441 ±2,440 Number of housing units
  • Whatcom County: 106,273 ±63
  • Washington: 3,400,980 ±404
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$688,400 ±$34,271 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Whatcom County: $627,800 ±$17,473
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $602,200 ±$3,897
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

21.6% ±3.1% (24,983  ±3,760.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Whatcom County: 14.9% † 34,847 (±1.9% / ±4,499.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 13.7% 1,081,341 (±0.4% / ±28,883.7)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96.7% ±3.6% (75,339  ±4,500.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Whatcom County: 94.4% 152,953 (±3.7% / ±6,109.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,196,048 (±0.7% / ±38,059.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
55% ±3.4% (42,902  ±3,318.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Whatcom County: 42% 68,094 (±2.5% / ±4,111.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 41% 2,309,863 (±0.5% / ±25,188.4)
  • about 1.5 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

5.7% ±1.3% (6,561  ±1,492) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Whatcom County: 11.3% 26,602
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 16.1% 1,280,809
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.5% ±1.2% (5,456  ±1,165) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Whatcom County: 5.9% † 11,373 (±0.7% / ±1,396)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 7.3% 455,376 (±0.2% / ±9,621)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,456 Total veterans ±1,165 4,954 Male ±1,036 502 Female ±386

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