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Birch Bay, WA

10,837 Population
17.1 square miles 634.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,034 ±$4,289 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $45,361 ±$1,079
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$86,854 ±$9,678 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $81,784 ±$2,688
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.4% ±4.1% (1,020  ±453) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 12.9% 29,038 (±1.2% / ±2,677)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.4 minutes ±5.6 (101,835  ±15,193) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 21.7 2,095,035 (±0.4 / ±62,945)
  • about the same as the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,661 ±472 Number of households
  • the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 94,021 ±718
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (10,832  ±1,030) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 2.4 225,567 (±0 / ±79)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±3.7% (74  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 3.2% † 1,824 (±0.7% / ±396)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,974 ±455 Number of housing units
  • the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 103,520 ±83
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$477,200 ±$25,221 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $585,800 ±$9,479
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.5% ±3.2% (1,021  ±354.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 15.1% 34,603 (±0.9% / ±2,033.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.5% ±12% (7,240  ±646) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 93.8% 148,061 (±1.8% / ±2,873.6)
  • about the same as 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)
32% ±3.9% (2,507  ±385.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 39.3% 62,077 (±1.1% / ±1,768)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)
  • about 90 percent of 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

9.9% ±2.8% (1,069  ±322) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 9.9% 22,902
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.9% ±3.2% (940  ±291) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 6.3% 11,811 (±0.5% / ±861)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
940 Total veterans ±291 871 Male ±277 69 Female ±72

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