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Lynden School District, WA

22,001 Population
67.6 square miles 325.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Whatcom County: 38.4 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,599 ±$4,309 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Whatcom County: $45,361 ±$1,079
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$102,083 ±$9,554 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Whatcom County: $81,784 ±$2,688
  • a little higher than the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.9% ±4.2% (1,951  ±916) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Whatcom County: 12.9% 29,038 (±1.2% / ±2,677)
  • about 90 percent of 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)

21.2 minutes ±1.7 (203,110  ±23,854) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Whatcom County: 21.7 2,095,035 (±0.4 / ±62,945)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,832 ±500 Number of households
  • Whatcom County: 94,021 ±718
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (21,789  ±1,158) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Whatcom County: 2.4 225,567 (±0 / ±79)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.5% ±4.4% (434  ±227) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Whatcom County: 3.2% † 1,824 (±0.7% / ±396)
  • 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

8,180 ±509 Number of housing units
  • Whatcom County: 103,520 ±83
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$616,900 ±$22,926 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Whatcom County: $585,800 ±$9,479
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.8% ±3.3% (2,774  ±734.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Whatcom County: 15.1% 34,603 (±0.9% / ±2,033.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.4% ±4.4% (13,156  ±1,003) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Whatcom County: 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)
29.6% ±3.3% (4,217  ±535) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Whatcom County: 39.3% 62,077 (±1.1% / ±1,768)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)
  • about 80 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

11.5% ±2.5% (2,521  ±569) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Whatcom County: 9.9% 22,902
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±1.8% (1,218  ±308) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Whatcom County: 6.3% 11,811 (±0.5% / ±861)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,218 Total veterans ±308 1,021 Male ±272 197 Female ±142

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