Blaine vs Ferndale

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

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

Ferndale has the higher population (15,447 vs 5,982 in Blaine). Ferndale has the higher median household income ($83,839 vs $81,559 in Blaine). Blaine has the higher median home value ($500,600 vs $492,400 in Ferndale).

Population, income & housing

	Blaine	Ferndale
Population	5,982	15,447
Median age	41.6 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,559	$83,839
Median home value	$500,600	$492,400
Median gross rent	$1,323	$1,461
Housing units	2,654	5,895
Homeownership rate	68.9%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	32.8%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blaine	Ferndale
Population	5,313 → 5,982 (+12.6%)	14,043 → 15,447 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$71,324 → $81,559 (+14.4%)	$73,074 → $83,839 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$334,000 → $500,600 (+49.9%)	$300,600 → $492,400 (+63.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,323 (+24.1%)	$996 → $1,461 (+46.7%)

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

Ferndale

Population

14,04315,447

Median household income

$73,074$83,839

Median home value

$300,600$492,400

Median gross rent

$996$1,461

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blaine	Ferndale
Under 5	4.0%	9.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	10.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	9.7%	18.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.7%	8.4%
65 to 74	16.7%	9.2%
75 and over	8.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blaine	Ferndale
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	68.6%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	2.0%
Asian	4.7%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blaine	Ferndale
No high school diploma	4.1%	6.0%
High school graduate	29.0%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blaine	Ferndale
Drove alone	69.5%	80.8%
Carpooled	7.7%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	2.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	11.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blaine	Ferndale
1-unit, detached	69.7%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	5.5%
20 or more units	3.4%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Blaine	Ferndale
Poverty rate	11.8%	10.5%
Average household size	2.44	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1997	1995