Birch Bay vs Blaine

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

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

Birch Bay has the higher population (11,103 vs 5,982 in Blaine). Blaine has the higher median household income ($81,559 vs $77,120 in Birch Bay). Blaine has the higher median home value ($500,600 vs $439,100 in Birch Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Birch Bay	Blaine
Population	11,103	5,982
Median age	42.1 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,120	$81,559
Median home value	$439,100	$500,600
Median gross rent	$1,201	$1,323
Housing units	5,947	2,654
Homeownership rate	81.1%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birch Bay	Blaine
Population	9,323 → 11,103 (+19.1%)	5,313 → 5,982 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$62,413 → $77,120 (+23.6%)	$71,324 → $81,559 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$274,300 → $439,100 (+60.1%)	$334,000 → $500,600 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,115 → $1,201 (+7.7%)	$1,066 → $1,323 (+24.1%)

Birch Bay

Population

9,32311,103

Median household income

$62,413$77,120

Median home value

$274,300$439,100

Median gross rent

$1,115$1,201

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)

	Birch Bay	Blaine
Under 5	6.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.9%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	10.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	14.3%	16.7%
75 and over	9.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birch Bay	Blaine
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	74.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.5%
Asian	1.6%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	3.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	9.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birch Bay	Blaine
No high school diploma	6.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	21.1%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birch Bay	Blaine
Drove alone	80.7%	69.5%
Carpooled	8.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	19.4%
Other means	0.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birch Bay	Blaine
1-unit, detached	71.8%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Birch Bay	Blaine
Poverty rate	8.6%	11.8%
Average household size	2.34	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1990	1997