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Census Tract 105.05, Whatcom, WA

5,597 Population
6.2 square miles 909.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±3.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Ferndale: 35.1 ±2.5
  • a little less than the figure in Whatcom County: 38.4 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1

Economics

$41,719 ±$7,051 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Ferndale: $41,409 † ±$4,761
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Whatcom County: $45,361 ±$1,079
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
$94,349 ±$22,772 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ferndale: $87,579 † ±$12,119
  • 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

7.4% ±5% (416  ±285) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ferndale: 12.8% † 2,011 (±6.7% / ±1,061)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Whatcom County: 12.9% 29,038 (±1.2% / ±2,677)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)

18.8 minutes ±5.5 (44,545  ±9,119) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ferndale: 21.6 † 141,340 (±2.7 / ±23,736)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Whatcom County: 21.7 2,095,035 (±0.4 / ±62,945)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)

Families

1,777 ±207 Number of households
  • Ferndale: 5,844 ±410
  • Whatcom County: 94,021 ±718
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
3.1 ±0.4 (5,587  ±919) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ferndale: 2.7 15,913 (±0.2 / ±29)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Whatcom County: 2.4 225,567 (±0 / ±79)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,898 ±212 Number of housing units
  • Ferndale: 6,200 ±442
  • Whatcom County: 103,520 ±83
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517

$519,900 ±$50,742 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Ferndale: $549,300 ±$33,715
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Whatcom County: $585,800 ±$9,479
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940

6% ±3% (336  ±178.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ferndale: 9.4% † 1,466 (±3.1% / ±485.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Whatcom County: 15.1% 34,603 (±0.9% / ±2,033.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)

Social

90.9% ±6.5% (3,370  ±513.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ferndale: 93.2% 10,234 (±6.8% / ±851.9)
  • 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)
30.8% ±6.8% (1,143  ±296.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ferndale: 36.9% † 4,051 (±4.5% / ±518.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Whatcom County: 39.3% 62,077 (±1.1% / ±1,768)
  • about 80 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

13.4% ±4.5% (751  ±282) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ferndale: 15.9% † 2,537 (±3.6% / ±571)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Whatcom County: 9.9% 22,902
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843

6.1% ±3.3% (263  ±145) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ferndale: 5.5% † 650 (±1.7% / ±207)
  • a little less than 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)
263 Total veterans ±145 263 Male ±145 N/A Female ±19

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