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Bellingham, WA

90,821 Population
28.1 square miles 3,227.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 37.8 ±0.2

Economics

$32,419 ±$1,100 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $33,241 ±$636
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $40,837 ±$198
$56,198 ±$2,408 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $65,420 ±$2,177
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $77,006 ±$296

20% ±1.4% (17,227  ±1,234) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 13.9% 30,358 (±1.1% / ±2,406)
  • about double the rate in Washington: 10.2% 751,044 (±0.2% / ±12,849)

19 minutes ±0.8 (832,580  ±45,205) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 22.2 2,217,530 (±0.6 / ±73,093)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Washington: 28 92,400,305 (±0.1 / ±456,639)

Families

38,680 ±730 Number of households
  • the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 88,978 ±788
  • Washington: 2,905,822 ±5,585
2.2 ±0 (86,305  ±489) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 2.5 219,464 (±0 / ±486)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,365,480

3.2% ±0.9% (846  ±238) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 5.4% † 3,018 (±1.1% / ±586)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 5.5% 96,936 (±0.1% / ±2,554)

Housing

40,656 ±739 Number of housing units
  • the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 98,000 ±267
  • Washington: 3,150,194 ±389

$405,700 ±$13,345 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $369,000 ±$6,402
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $366,800 ±$1,278

27.6% ±1.9% (24,945  ±1,737.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 19.3% 42,927 (±1.1% / ±2,440.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 17% 1,259,803 (±0.2% / ±14,297)

Social

94.3% ±3.2% (53,314  ±1,955.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 92.7% 138,809 (±2% / ±2,967.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 91.7% 4,768,368 (±0.3% / ±16,668.7)
45.4% ±2.2% (25,682  ±1,281.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 35.3% 52,830 (±1.2% / ±1,722.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 36.7% 1,907,238 (±0.2% / ±10,362)

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

9.4% ±1% (8,558  ±934) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 10% 22,458 (±0.7% / ±1,516)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,089,660 (±0.1% / ±8,722)

5.9% ±0.7% (4,622  ±559) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 7.4% 13,386 (±0.5% / ±887)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 8.9% 517,912 (±0.1% / ±5,610)
4,622 Total veterans ±559 4,156 Male ±520 466 Female ±157

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