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Census Tract 103.02, Whatcom, WA

5,024 Population
1.6 square miles 3,055 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lynden: 35.2 ±2.4
  • about the same as the figure in Whatcom County: 38.4 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1

Economics

$46,754 ±$6,360 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Lynden: $46,608 † ±$4,732
  • a little higher than the amount in Whatcom County: $45,361 ±$1,079
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
$90,341 ±$21,945 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lynden: $103,233 ±$8,191
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Whatcom County: $81,784 ±$2,688
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414

7.7% ±3.3% (387  ±173) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Lynden: 7.3% † 1,169 (±3.8% / ±604)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Whatcom County: 12.9% 29,038 (±1.2% / ±2,677)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)

20 minutes ±3.4 (38,145  ±11,733) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Lynden: 21.1 145,730 (±1.4 / ±16,355)
  • 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

2,121 ±202 Number of households
  • Lynden: 6,018 ±359
  • Whatcom County: 94,021 ±718
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
2.4 ±0.2 (4,981  ±577) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lynden: 2.7 16,062 (±0.2 / ±34)
  • about the same as the figure in Whatcom County: 2.4 225,567 (±0 / ±79)
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923

18.6% ±16.9% (171  ±160) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Lynden: 9.8% † 370 (±5.5% / ±213)
  • more than double the rate in Whatcom County: 3.2% † 1,824 (±0.7% / ±396)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)

Housing

2,121 ±202 Number of housing units
  • Lynden: 6,210 ±377
  • Whatcom County: 103,520 ±83
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517

$583,600 ±$38,036 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Lynden: $596,600 ±$20,411
  • about the same as the amount in Whatcom County: $585,800 ±$9,479
  • a little higher than the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940

25.7% ±13.6% (1,255  ±681.3) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Lynden: 14% † 2,231 (±4.5% / ±722.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Whatcom County: 15.1% 34,603 (±0.9% / ±2,033.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)

Social

94.3% ±9.9% (3,294  ±468.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lynden: 95.3% 10,312 (±6.9% / ±920.2)
  • 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)
43.4% ±8.2% (1,517  ±321.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lynden: 33.1% † 3,578 (±4.2% / ±495.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Whatcom County: 39.3% 62,077 (±1.1% / ±1,768)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

7.9% ±4% (397  ±207) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lynden: 10.5% † 1,700 (±2.5% / ±405)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Whatcom County: 9.9% 22,902
  • about half the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843

7.8% ±3.8% (301  ±149) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lynden: 8.4% † 1,028 (±2.3% / ±287)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Whatcom County: 6.3% 11,811 (±0.5% / ±861)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
301 Total veterans ±149 273 Male ±150 28 Female ±47

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