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Census Tract 2.02, Whatcom, WA

3,343 Population
4.8 square miles 689.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Bellingham: 34.1 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Whatcom County: 38.4 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1

Economics

$36,872 ±$4,918 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bellingham: $42,947 ±$1,301
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Whatcom County: $45,361 ±$1,079
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
$64,679 ±$10,407 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Bellingham: $66,755 ±$3,771
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Whatcom County: $81,784 ±$2,688
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414

21.7% ±8.4% (705  ±283) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bellingham: 18.6% 16,606 (±1.8% / ±1,605)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Whatcom County: 12.9% 29,038 (±1.2% / ±2,677)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)

20.1 minutes ±5.4 (23,905  ±8,382) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bellingham: 18.1 778,455 (±0.6 / ±41,955)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Whatcom County: 21.7 2,095,035 (±0.4 / ±62,945)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)

Families

1,508 ±98 Number of households
  • Bellingham: 41,500 ±648
  • Whatcom County: 94,021 ±718
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
2.2 ±0.2 (3,239  ±318) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Bellingham: 2.2 89,263 (±0 / ±105)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Whatcom County: 2.4 225,567 (±0 / ±79)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923

7% ±6.5% (51  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Bellingham: 2.1% † 595 (±0.7% / ±184)
  • more than double the rate in Whatcom County: 3.2% † 1,824 (±0.7% / ±396)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)

Housing

1,508 ±98 Number of housing units
  • Bellingham: 43,792 ±599
  • Whatcom County: 103,520 ±83
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517

$569,200 ±$39,499 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bellingham: $627,500 ±$15,464
  • a little less than the amount in Whatcom County: $585,800 ±$9,479
  • about the same as the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940

16.7% ±7.6% (549  ±256.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bellingham: 23.4% 21,725 (±1.8% / ±1,625.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Whatcom County: 15.1% 34,603 (±0.9% / ±2,033.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)

Social

93.5% ±9% (2,354  ±314.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
39.1% ±6.9% (986  ±197) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bellingham: 48.5% 29,471 (±1.9% / ±1,236.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Whatcom County: 39.3% 62,077 (±1.1% / ±1,768)
  • about the same as 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

15.3% ±5.5% (511  ±190) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Bellingham: 8.5% † 7,900 (±0.9% / ±796)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Whatcom County: 9.9% 22,902
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843

10% ±3.7% (268  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Bellingham: 4.9% † 3,939 (±0.6% / ±487)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Whatcom County: 6.3% 11,811 (±0.5% / ±861)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
268 Total veterans ±102 261 Male ±101 7 Female ±11

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