Bangor Base vs Suquamish

A side-by-side comparison of Bangor Base and Suquamish: population, income, housing, and more.

Bangor Base and Suquamish are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bangor Base has the higher population (5,931 vs 4,515 in Suquamish). Bangor Base has the higher median household income ($84,485 vs $83,856 in Suquamish). Since 2019, Suquamish's population has grown faster (+2.7% vs -8.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bangor Base	Suquamish
Population	5,931	4,515
Median age	22.6 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$84,485	$83,856
Median home value	—	$428,100
Median gross rent	$2,314	$1,392
Housing units	1,161	2,041
Homeownership rate	1.0%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bangor Base	Suquamish
Population	6,506 → 5,931 (-8.8%)	4,395 → 4,515 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$57,134 → $84,485 (+47.9%)	$64,509 → $83,856 (+30.0%)
Median home value	—	$278,100 → $428,100 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,656 → $2,314 (+39.7%)	$1,121 → $1,392 (+24.2%)

Bangor Base

Population

6,5065,931

Median household income

$57,134$84,485

Median gross rent

$1,656$2,314

Suquamish

Population

4,3954,515

Median household income

$64,509$83,856

Median home value

$278,100$428,100

Median gross rent

$1,121$1,392

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bangor Base	Suquamish
Under 5	10.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	13.6%
18 to 24	37.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	23.2%	13.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	2.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	0.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	15.1%
75 and over	0.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bangor Base	Suquamish
White (non-Hispanic)	57.3%	68.2%
Black or African American	9.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	8.2%
Asian	2.5%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	11.2%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bangor Base	Suquamish
No high school diploma	2.7%	6.2%
High school graduate	17.2%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	55.4%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bangor Base	Suquamish
Drove alone	40.0%	67.0%
Carpooled	10.4%	9.5%
Public transit	7.5%	4.3%
Walked	34.2%	2.1%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.1%	14.7%
Other means	1.8%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bangor Base	Suquamish
1-unit, detached	11.9%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	47.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	34.5%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Bangor Base	Suquamish
Poverty rate	2.7%	10.3%
Average household size	3.41	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	16	28
Median year structure built	1979	1983