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Census Tract 1.02, Whatcom, WA

7,845 Population
7.3 square miles 1,069.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bellingham: 34.1 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in Whatcom County: 38.4 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1

Economics

$42,015 ±$4,698 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Bellingham: $42,947 ±$1,301
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Whatcom County: $45,361 ±$1,079
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
$60,973 ±$6,880 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bellingham: $66,755 ±$3,771
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Whatcom County: $81,784 ±$2,688
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414

13% ±4.8% (1,013  ±384) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bellingham: 18.6% 16,606 (±1.8% / ±1,605)
  • about the same as the rate in Whatcom County: 12.9% 29,038 (±1.2% / ±2,677)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)

15.8 minutes ±1.3 (56,360  ±9,304) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bellingham: 18.1 778,455 (±0.6 / ±41,955)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Whatcom County: 21.7 2,095,035 (±0.4 / ±62,945)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)

Families

3,855 ±315 Number of households
  • Bellingham: 41,500 ±648
  • Whatcom County: 94,021 ±718
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
2 ±0.1 (7,770  ±739) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Bellingham: 2.2 89,263 (±0 / ±105)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Whatcom County: 2.4 225,567 (±0 / ±79)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923

4.1% ±4.1% (85  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Bellingham: 2.1% † 595 (±0.7% / ±184)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Whatcom County: 3.2% † 1,824 (±0.7% / ±396)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)

Housing

3,855 ±315 Number of housing units
  • Bellingham: 43,792 ±599
  • Whatcom County: 103,520 ±83
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517

$496,500 ±$75,954 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bellingham: $627,500 ±$15,464
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Whatcom County: $585,800 ±$9,479
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940

21% ±7.2% (1,629  ±578.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bellingham: 23.4% 21,725 (±1.8% / ±1,625.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Whatcom County: 15.1% 34,603 (±0.9% / ±2,033.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)

Social

92.3% ±7.3% (5,590  ±703.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Bellingham: 95.2% 57,868 (±2.8% / ±1,910.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Whatcom County: 93.8% 148,061 (±1.8% / ±2,873.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
35.9% ±5.5% (2,172  ±393) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Bellingham: 48.5% 29,471 (±1.9% / ±1,236.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Whatcom County: 39.3% 62,077 (±1.1% / ±1,768)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)

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

17.5% ±4.8% (1,370  ±394) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Bellingham: 8.5% † 7,900 (±0.9% / ±796)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Whatcom County: 9.9% 22,902
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843

6.3% ±3.4% (427  ±233) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Bellingham: 4.9% † 3,939 (±0.6% / ±487)
  • about the same as the rate in Whatcom County: 6.3% 11,811 (±0.5% / ±861)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
427 Total veterans ±233 394 Male ±231 33 Female ±36

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