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Bellingham CCD, Whatcom County, WA

123,655 Population
145.2 square miles 851.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Whatcom County: 38.2 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,356 ±$1,230 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Whatcom County: $43,463 ±$1,005
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $51,493 ±$245
$72,791 ±$3,074 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Whatcom County: $80,989 ±$2,462
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $94,952 ±$476

15.9% ±1.5% (19,030  ±1,866) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Whatcom County: 12.7% 28,364 (±1% / ±2,165)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 753,455 (±0.2% / ±11,430)

20 minutes ±0.6 (1,096,105  ±50,373) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Whatcom County: 22.1 2,129,355 (±0.3 / ±53,788)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)

Families

53,435 ±840 Number of households
  • Whatcom County: 92,411 ±783
  • Washington: 3,020,558 ±5,770
2.2 ±0 (119,497  ±1,942) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Whatcom County: 2.4 223,585 (±0 / ±75)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,588,019

2.5% ±0.9% (843  ±304) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Whatcom County: 3.2% † 1,777 (±0.7% / ±384)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,720 (±0.1% / ±2,435)

Housing

56,831 ±744 Number of housing units
  • Whatcom County: 101,928 ±116
  • Washington: 3,262,667 ±447

$566,700 ±$14,457 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Whatcom County: $536,100 ±$9,388
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $519,800 ±$2,550

20.3% ±1.5% (24,888  ±1,836.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Whatcom County: 16.1% 36,598 (±0.9% / ±2,139.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,157,574 (±0.2% / ±13,781.2)

Social

94.9% ±2.1% (78,960  ±2,213.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Whatcom County: 93.8% 145,709 (±1.8% / ±2,791.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 92.2% 4,987,606 (±0.3% / ±16,795.6)
46.4% ±1.5% (38,628  ±1,378.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Whatcom County: 38.1% 59,183 (±1.1% / ±1,637.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

8.9% ±0.7% (11,037  ±907) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Whatcom County: 9.9% 22,573
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,170,683

5.8% ±0.6% (5,989  ±619) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Whatcom County: 6.8% 12,529 (±0.5% / ±839)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 8.1% 486,714 (±0.1% / ±4,612)
5,989 Total veterans ±619 5,513 Male ±589 476 Female ±152

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