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Bellingham, WA

93,899 Population
28.2 square miles 3,329.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$40,681 ±$4,008 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $44,596 ±$2,965
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $50,764 ±$428
$64,748 ±$5,434 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $79,220 ±$5,025
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $91,306 ±$841

14.3% ±2.4% (12,891  ±2,151) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 11.6% † 26,140 (±1.9% / ±4,323)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 10% 763,469 (±0.3% / ±24,765)

18.7 minutes ±0.6 (793,765  ±35,991) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 21.9 2,125,430 (±0.5 / ±62,715)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Washington: 27.3 86,033,296 (±0.1 / ±396,856)

Families

41,746 ±2,187 Number of households
  • the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 94,813 ±1,621
  • Washington: 3,079,953 ±10,236
2.2 ±0.1 (89,768  ±262) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 2.4 225,815 (±0 / ±259)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,632,260

3.2% ±2.2% (857  ±601) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 3.1% † 1,756 (±1.4% / ±770)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 5.1% 92,565 (±0.3% / ±4,869)

Housing

43,973 ±2,014 Number of housing units
  • the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 103,719 ±126
  • Washington: 3,313,479 ±1,252

$609,100 ±$31,131 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $601,200 ±$16,986
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $569,500 ±$4,606

21.6% ±3.4% (20,093  ±3,154.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 14.1% † 32,246 (±1.9% / ±4,394.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 14.8% 1,137,387 (±0.4% / ±29,433.1)

Social

94.9% ±4.5% (58,273  ±3,993.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 94.6% 148,695 (±3.8% / ±6,071.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 92.2% 5,041,714 (±0.7% / ±35,681.8)
44.9% ±3.8% (27,604  ±2,719.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 40.4% 63,565 (±2.5% / ±3,903.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 39.5% 2,159,683 (±0.4% / ±22,586.3)

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

10.8% ±1.9% (10,124  ±1,774) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 10.5% 24,138
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 15.3% 1,188,392

4.8% ±1.3% (3,758  ±994) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 6.3% † 11,761 (±0.8% / ±1,481)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 7.7% 469,565 (±0.2% / ±9,384)
3,758 Total veterans ±994 3,635 Male ±983 123 Female ±152

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