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Bellingham, WA

95,880 Population
28.2 square miles 3,400.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.7 ±0.2

Economics

$42,674 ±$2,587 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $46,500 ±$1,629
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $55,177 ±$479
$74,220 ±$5,255 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $86,162 ±$7,154
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $99,389 ±$1,322

17.6% ±3% (16,109  ±2,775) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 11.4% † 26,198 (±1.7% / ±3,938)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 776,683 (±0.3% / ±22,218)

18.1 minutes ±0.6 (778,455  ±41,955) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 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

42,710 ±1,959 Number of households
  • the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 97,076 ±1,917
  • Washington: 3,168,080 ±9,393
2.1 ±0.1 (91,388  ±121) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 2.4 229,802 (±0.1 / ±129)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,802,363

1.5% ±1.2% (486  ±389) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 2.1% † 1,214 (±1% / ±614)
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 4.7% 89,530 (±0.3% / ±5,962)

Housing

44,877 ±1,858 Number of housing units
  • the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 106,273 ±63
  • Washington: 3,400,980 ±404

$692,600 ±$39,798 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $627,800 ±$17,473
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $602,200 ±$3,897

24.7% ±4.1% (23,561  ±3,894.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 14.9% † 34,847 (±1.9% / ±4,499.1)
  • nearly double the rate in Washington: 13.7% 1,081,341 (±0.4% / ±28,883.7)

Social

96.7% ±5.3% (59,725  ±3,937.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 94.4% 152,953 (±3.7% / ±6,109.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,196,048 (±0.7% / ±38,059.4)
55.1% ±4.3% (34,026  ±2,901.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 42% 68,094 (±2.5% / ±4,111.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Washington: 41% 2,309,863 (±0.5% / ±25,188.4)

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

5.6% ±1.6% (5,333  ±1,497) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 11.3% 26,602
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 16.1% 1,280,809

5.2% ±1.2% (4,249  ±990) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 5.9% † 11,373 (±0.7% / ±1,396)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 7.3% 455,376 (±0.2% / ±9,621)
4,249 Total veterans ±990 3,971 Male ±950 278 Female ±286

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