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Bellingham, WA

90,660 Population
27.7 square miles 3,273.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.4 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 37.7 ±0.2

Economics

$31,056 ±$2,781 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $31,224 ±$1,444
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $39,119 ±$347
$52,361 ±$3,730 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $62,268 ±$3,301
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $74,073 ±$697

24.2% ±3.8% (20,923  ±3,257) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 15.8% † 34,888 (±2% / ±4,418)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 10.3% 759,013 (±0.3% / ±23,800)

17.4 minutes ±0.6 (732,890  ±31,609) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2018 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 21.3 2,064,800 (±0.5 / ±63,057)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Washington: 27.6 90,445,860 (±0.1 / ±353,130)

Families

36,744 ±1,776 Number of households
  • the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 87,080 ±2,014
  • Washington: 2,895,575 ±9,139
2.4 ±0.1 (86,243  ±1,082) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 2.5 220,729 (±0.1 / ±1,080)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.6 7,392,406 (±0)

5.4% ±3.6% (1,456  ±966) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 7.2% † 3,952 (±2.4% / ±1,339)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 5.2% 92,209 (±0.3% / ±5,583)

Housing

38,348 ±1,779 Number of housing units
  • the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 97,867 ±431
  • Washington: 3,148,084 ±526

$402,900 ±$30,470 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $362,500 ±$11,624
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $373,100 ±$2,028

31.9% ±5.1% (28,667  ±4,540.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 21.8% † 48,738 (±2.9% / ±6,409.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 18.1% 1,351,906 (±0.4% / ±31,328.9)

Social

94.9% ±5.9% (52,294  ±4,003.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 92.4% 137,948 (±4.2% / ±6,352.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 91.6% 4,777,579 (±0.6% / ±32,405.1)
45.1% ±4.5% (24,864  ±2,711.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 33.9% 50,554 (±2.6% / ±3,884.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 36.7% 1,913,104 (±0.4% / ±20,770)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

9% ±2% (8,185  ±1,837) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 8.1% † 18,249 (±1.2% / ±2,634)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 14.7% 1,104,850 (±0.3% / ±20,138)

6.2% ±1.9% (4,881  ±1,457) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 8.3% † 15,114 (±1.2% / ±2,091)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 8.9% 520,226 (±0.2% / ±10,007)
4,881 Total veterans ±1,457 4,545 Male ±1,350 336 Female ±356

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