Bellingham vs Lynden

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

Bellingham and Lynden 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 16,025 in Lynden). Lynden has the higher median household income ($94,869 vs $65,821 in Bellingham). Bellingham has the higher median home value ($577,400 vs $546,400 in Lynden).

Population, income & housing

	Bellingham	Lynden
Population	92,367	16,025
Median age	34.5 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,821	$94,869
Median home value	$577,400	$546,400
Median gross rent	$1,478	$1,623
Housing units	43,468	6,107
Homeownership rate	45.2%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellingham	Lynden
Population	88,764 → 92,367 (+4.1%)	14,281 → 16,025 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$53,396 → $65,821 (+23.3%)	$66,085 → $94,869 (+43.6%)
Median home value	$374,700 → $577,400 (+54.1%)	$348,100 → $546,400 (+57.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,056 → $1,478 (+40.0%)	$1,209 → $1,623 (+34.2%)

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

Lynden

Population

14,28116,025

Median household income

$66,085$94,869

Median home value

$348,100$546,400

Median gross rent

$1,209$1,623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellingham	Lynden
Under 5	3.5%	7.8%
5 to 17	10.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	20.9%	11.3%
25 to 34	15.9%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	8.8%
55 to 64	9.8%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.1%
75 and over	6.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellingham	Lynden
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	75.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.2%
Asian	5.4%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.2%
Two or more races	6.0%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellingham	Lynden
No high school diploma	5.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	16.8%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellingham	Lynden
Drove alone	63.5%	77.8%
Carpooled	7.5%	9.4%
Public transit	3.3%	0.2%
Walked	6.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	4.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	14.5%	9.5%
Other means	1.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellingham	Lynden
1-unit, detached	44.0%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	7.1%
20 or more units	20.4%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Bellingham	Lynden
Poverty rate	18.3%	8.7%
Average household size	2.15	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1985	1996