Bellingham vs Blaine

A side-by-side comparison of Bellingham and Blaine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bellingham has the higher population (92,367 vs 5,982 in Blaine). Blaine has the higher median household income ($81,559 vs $65,821 in Bellingham). Bellingham has the higher median home value ($577,400 vs $500,600 in Blaine).

Population, income & housing

	Bellingham	Blaine
Population	92,367	5,982
Median age	34.5 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,821	$81,559
Median home value	$577,400	$500,600
Median gross rent	$1,478	$1,323
Housing units	43,468	2,654
Homeownership rate	45.2%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellingham	Blaine
Population	88,764 → 92,367 (+4.1%)	5,313 → 5,982 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$53,396 → $65,821 (+23.3%)	$71,324 → $81,559 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$374,700 → $577,400 (+54.1%)	$334,000 → $500,600 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,056 → $1,478 (+40.0%)	$1,066 → $1,323 (+24.1%)

Bellingham

Population

88,76492,367

Median household income

$53,396$65,821

Median home value

$374,700$577,400

Median gross rent

$1,056$1,478

Blaine

Population

5,3135,982

Median household income

$71,324$81,559

Median home value

$334,000$500,600

Median gross rent

$1,066$1,323

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellingham	Blaine
Under 5	3.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	17.1%
18 to 24	20.9%	10.3%
25 to 34	15.9%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.6%	16.7%
75 and over	6.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellingham	Blaine
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	74.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.5%
Asian	5.4%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	3.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellingham	Blaine
No high school diploma	5.0%	4.1%
High school graduate	16.8%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellingham	Blaine
Drove alone	63.5%	69.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	7.7%
Public transit	3.3%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	2.7%
Bicycle	4.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	19.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellingham	Blaine
1-unit, detached	44.0%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	6.4%
20 or more units	20.4%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Bellingham	Blaine
Poverty rate	18.3%	11.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1985	1997