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Bellingham, WA

92,327 Population
27.7 square miles 3,334.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,848 ±$2,734 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $33,503 ±$1,596
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $41,521 ±$361
$58,492 ±$4,425 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $69,372 ±$4,862
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Washington: $78,687 ±$923

18.4% ±3.2% (16,122  ±2,828) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 13% † 28,926 (±1.8% / ±4,014)
  • nearly double the rate in Washington: 9.8% 730,240 (±0.4% / ±26,102)

22.2 minutes ±2.8 (909,405  ±131,955) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 23.1 2,259,475 (±1.6 / ±187,618)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Washington: 28.8 100,088,410 (±0.2 / ±948,785)

Families

38,664 ±1,894 Number of households
  • the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 88,794 ±2,439
  • Washington: 2,932,477 ±11,062
2.3 ±0.1 (87,798  ±1,208) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 2.5 224,208 (±0.1 / ±1,210)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.6 7,467,073 (±0)

3.6% ±1% (919  ±262) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 5.5% † 3,020 (±1% / ±529)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 5.4% 94,822 (±0.1% / ±1,984)

Housing

41,555 ±1,889 Number of housing units
  • the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 99,210 ±473
  • Washington: 3,195,098 ±641

$432,400 ±$21,041 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $398,300 ±$16,389
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $387,600 ±$2,320

26.9% ±4.3% (24,798  ±3,937.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 19.5% † 44,276 (±2.5% / ±5,742)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 16.9% 1,273,897 (±0.4% / ±31,025)

Social

95.6% ±5.9% (55,795  ±4,136.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 94.1% 143,933 (±4% / ±6,213.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 91.7% 4,850,250 (±0.7% / ±35,221.6)
46.3% ±4.4% (27,032  ±2,810.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 35.7% 54,651 (±2.4% / ±3,698.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 37% 1,955,632 (±0.4% / ±21,591.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

7.6% ±1.7% (7,025  ±1,546) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 8.9% † 20,463 (±1.1% / ±2,595)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 14.9% 1,132,834 (±0.3% / ±21,363)

7% ±1.6% (5,541  ±1,260) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 8.4% † 15,493 (±0.9% / ±1,624)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 8.9% 523,852 (±0.2% / ±11,285)
5,541 Total veterans ±1,260 4,740 Male ±1,145 801 Female ±490

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