Blaine vs Lynden

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

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

Lynden has the higher population (16,025 vs 5,982 in Blaine). Lynden has the higher median household income ($94,869 vs $81,559 in Blaine). Lynden has the higher median home value ($546,400 vs $500,600 in Blaine).

Population, income & housing

	Blaine	Lynden
Population	5,982	16,025
Median age	41.6 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,559	$94,869
Median home value	$500,600	$546,400
Median gross rent	$1,323	$1,623
Housing units	2,654	6,107
Homeownership rate	68.9%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blaine	Lynden
Population	5,313 → 5,982 (+12.6%)	14,281 → 16,025 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$71,324 → $81,559 (+14.4%)	$66,085 → $94,869 (+43.6%)
Median home value	$334,000 → $500,600 (+49.9%)	$348,100 → $546,400 (+57.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,323 (+24.1%)	$1,209 → $1,623 (+34.2%)

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

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)

	Blaine	Lynden
Under 5	4.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	17.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	10.3%	11.3%
25 to 34	9.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	16.7%	10.1%
75 and over	8.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blaine	Lynden
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	75.9%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	4.7%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blaine	Lynden
No high school diploma	4.1%	7.4%
High school graduate	29.0%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blaine	Lynden
Drove alone	69.5%	77.8%
Carpooled	7.7%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	19.4%	9.5%
Other means	0.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blaine	Lynden
1-unit, detached	69.7%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	7.1%
20 or more units	3.4%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Blaine	Lynden
Poverty rate	11.8%	8.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1997	1996