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Census Tract 104.05, Whatcom, WA

3,763 Population
5.5 square miles 688.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.3 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Birch Bay: 44.6 ±3.9
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Whatcom County: 38.4 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1

Economics

$70,551 ±$16,158 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Birch Bay: $46,034 ±$4,289
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Whatcom County: $45,361 ±$1,079
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
$94,167 ±$14,250 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Birch Bay: $86,854 † ±$9,678
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Whatcom County: $81,784 ±$2,688
  • a little less than the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414

6.4% ±4.6% (242  ±176) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Birch Bay: 9.4% † 1,020 (±4.1% / ±453)
  • about half the rate in Whatcom County: 12.9% 29,038 (±1.2% / ±2,677)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)

34.9 minutes ±15.6 (39,170  ±12,143) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Birch Bay: 26.4 † 101,835 (±5.6 / ±15,193)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Whatcom County: 21.7 2,095,035 (±0.4 / ±62,945)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)

Families

1,834 ±230 Number of households
  • Birch Bay: 4,661 † ±472
  • Whatcom County: 94,021 ±718
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
2.1 ±0.1 (3,757  ±493) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Birch Bay: 2.3 † 10,832 (±0.3 / ±1,030)
  • 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

7.6% ±8% (33  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Birch Bay: 4.1% † 74 (±3.7% / ±68)
  • more than double the rate in Whatcom County: 3.2% † 1,824 (±0.7% / ±396)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)

Housing

2,249 ±192 Number of housing units
  • Birch Bay: 5,974 ±455
  • Whatcom County: 103,520 ±83
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517

$664,800 ±$77,248 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Birch Bay: $477,200 ±$25,221
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Whatcom County: $585,800 ±$9,479
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940

8.8% ±3.9% (330  ±151.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Birch Bay: 9.5% † 1,021 (±3.2% / ±354.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Whatcom County: 15.1% 34,603 (±0.9% / ±2,033.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)

Social

90.7% ±1.2% (2,823  ±332.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Birch Bay: 92.5% † 7,240 (±12% / ±646)
  • a little less than 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)
40.7% ±4.7% (1,268  ±207.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Birch Bay: 32% † 2,507 (±3.9% / ±385.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Whatcom County: 39.3% 62,077 (±1.1% / ±1,768)
  • a little 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

27.6% ±8.2% (1,039  ±336) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Birch Bay: 9.9% † 1,069 (±2.8% / ±322)
  • more than double the rate in Whatcom County: 9.9% 22,902
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843

10.7% ±3.7% (347  ±125) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Birch Bay: 10.9% † 940 (±3.2% / ±291)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Whatcom County: 6.3% 11,811 (±0.5% / ±861)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
347 Total veterans ±125 336 Male ±123 11 Female ±19

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