Blaine vs Geneva

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

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

Blaine has the higher population (5,982 vs 2,200 in Geneva). Geneva has the higher median household income ($142,612 vs $81,559 in Blaine). Geneva has the higher median home value ($764,500 vs $500,600 in Blaine).

Population, income & housing

	Blaine	Geneva
Population	5,982	2,200
Median age	41.6 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,559	$142,612
Median home value	$500,600	$764,500
Median gross rent	$1,323	$1,713
Housing units	2,654	1,051
Homeownership rate	68.9%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blaine	Geneva
Population	5,313 → 5,982 (+12.6%)	2,460 → 2,200 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$71,324 → $81,559 (+14.4%)	$75,039 → $142,612 (+90.1%)
Median home value	$334,000 → $500,600 (+49.9%)	$454,500 → $764,500 (+68.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,323 (+24.1%)	$1,551 → $1,713 (+10.4%)

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

Geneva

Population

2,4602,200

Median household income

$75,039$142,612

Median home value

$454,500$764,500

Median gross rent

$1,551$1,713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blaine	Geneva
Under 5	4.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	9.6%
18 to 24	10.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	9.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	15.0%
55 to 64	11.7%	20.4%
65 to 74	16.7%	13.7%
75 and over	8.3%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blaine	Geneva
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	84.2%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.0%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blaine	Geneva
No high school diploma	4.1%	0.5%
High school graduate	29.0%	12.2%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	37.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blaine	Geneva
Drove alone	69.5%	60.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	39.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blaine	Geneva
1-unit, detached	69.7%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Blaine	Geneva
Poverty rate	11.8%	3.0%
Average household size	2.44	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1997	1983