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98225

50,216 Population
12.6 square miles 3,977.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.8 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1

Economics

$42,441 ±$1,911 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $45,361 ±$1,079
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
$63,941 ±$3,825 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $81,784 ±$2,688
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414

23.2% ±3% (10,768  ±1,447) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 12.9% 29,038 (±1.2% / ±2,677)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)

18.9 minutes ±0.6 (436,515  ±31,640) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 21.7 2,095,035 (±0.4 / ±62,945)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)

Families

22,612 ±704 Number of households
  • the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 94,021 ±718
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
2.1 ±0 (46,407  ±1,520) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 2.4 225,567 (±0 / ±79)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923

1.7% ±0.7% (274  ±114) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 3.2% † 1,824 (±0.7% / ±396)
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)

Housing

24,205 ±682 Number of housing units
  • the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 103,520 ±83
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517

$631,200 ±$22,342 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: $585,800 ±$9,479
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940

28.1% ±2.1% (14,072  ±1,135) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 15.1% 34,603 (±0.9% / ±2,033.1)
  • nearly double the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)

Social

95.8% ±2.8% (29,380  ±1,330) 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
50.1% ±2.5% (15,358  ±928.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 39.3% 62,077 (±1.1% / ±1,768)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)

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

5.8% ±0.9% (2,904  ±461) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 9.9% 22,902
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843

4.7% ±1% (2,076  ±427) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bellingham, WA Metro Area: 6.3% 11,811 (±0.5% / ±861)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
2,076 Total veterans ±427 1,959 Male ±416 117 Female ±80

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