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Bellingham, WA

92,290 Population
28.1 square miles 3,279.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,815 ±$3,802 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $39,035 ±$2,258
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $46,177 ±$469
$58,597 ±$9,440 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $72,055 ±$5,412
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $84,247 ±$844

19.8% ±4% (17,375  ±3,556) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 13.8% † 30,832 (±2.1% / ±4,752)
  • about double the rate in Washington: 9.9% 754,315 (±0.3% / ±22,276)

18.4 minutes ±0.8 (796,260  ±44,630) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 22 2,160,185 (±0.5 / ±62,778)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Washington: 27.7 88,785,350 (±0.1 / ±382,269)

Families

40,653 ±1,760 Number of households
  • the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 92,219 ±1,978
  • Washington: 3,022,255 ±9,423
2.2 ±0.1 (87,729  ±1,591) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 2.4 223,661 (±0.1 / ±1,676)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,595,088 (±0)

1.8% ±1.2% (502  ±332) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 3.7% † 2,085 (±1.6% / ±902)
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 5% 90,722 (±0.3% / ±5,044)

Housing

42,715 ±1,775 Number of housing units
  • the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 101,865 ±690
  • Washington: 3,257,140 ±888

$586,700 ±$28,462 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $506,200 ±$22,612
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $485,700 ±$2,911

23.9% ±3.5% (21,998  ±3,231.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 16.6% † 37,656 (±2.2% / ±4,913)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,182,383 (±0.4% / ±31,900.1)

Social

94.6% ±6% (55,540  ±4,213) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 94% 145,763 (±4.1% / ±6,502.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.4% 4,987,844 (±0.6% / ±34,589.5)
47.3% ±4.3% (27,776  ±2,768.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 38.3% 59,343 (±2.7% / ±4,160.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 39% 2,104,662 (±0.4% / ±20,737.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

7.2% ±1.6% (6,653  ±1,506) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 8.6% † 19,767 (±0.9% / ±2,155)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 14.8% 1,143,311 (±0.2% / ±17,692)

4.3% ±1.1% (3,404  ±872) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 6.6% † 12,209 (±0.9% / ±1,602)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 8.2% 490,717 (±0.2% / ±10,905)
3,404 Total veterans ±872 3,184 Male ±851 220 Female ±209

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