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Big Lake, WA

2,326 Population
7.7 square miles 303.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±9.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 42.1 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$54,572 ±$9,051 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: $45,140 ±$907
  • about the same as the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$109,286 ±$41,861 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: $89,263 ±$2,583
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.1% ±3.5% (118  ±84) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 11.6% 15,068 (±1% / ±1,337)
  • about half the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.1 minutes ±1.2 (23,160  ±6,613) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 26.4 1,334,145 (±0.6 / ±43,690)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

932 ±169 Number of households
  • the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 52,329 ±421
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (2,326  ±451) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 2.5 129,505 (±0 / ±54)
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.4% ±9.4% (38  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 5% † 1,364 (±0.9% / ±246)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,085 ±193 Number of housing units
  • the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 57,050 ±80
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$666,400 ±$41,520 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: $545,100 ±$11,795
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940
  • about double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.1% ±5.5% (234  ±136) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 11.9% 15,480 (±0.9% / ±1,209.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.9% ±22.2% (1,695  ±256) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 91.7% 86,747 (±1.9% / ±1,759.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
36.3% ±5.1% (648  ±147.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 30.2% 28,578 (±0.9% / ±891.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

8.5% ±4.5% (197  ±112) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 9% 11,811
  • about half the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14.1% ±3.6% (255  ±79) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area: 9.4% 9,667 (±0.5% / ±539)
  • nearly double the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
255 Total veterans ±79 204 Male ±66 51 Female ±40

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