Blaine vs Sudden Valley

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

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

Sudden Valley has the higher population (6,963 vs 5,982 in Blaine). Sudden Valley has the higher median household income ($98,865 vs $81,559 in Blaine). Blaine has the higher median home value ($500,600 vs $450,500 in Sudden Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Blaine	Sudden Valley
Population	5,982	6,963
Median age	41.6 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,559	$98,865
Median home value	$500,600	$450,500
Median gross rent	$1,323	$1,930
Housing units	2,654	3,068
Homeownership rate	68.9%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	49.8%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blaine	Sudden Valley
Population	5,313 → 5,982 (+12.6%)	8,072 → 6,963 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$71,324 → $81,559 (+14.4%)	$86,064 → $98,865 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$334,000 → $500,600 (+49.9%)	$314,300 → $450,500 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,323 (+24.1%)	$1,800 → $1,930 (+7.2%)

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

Sudden Valley

Population

8,0726,963

Median household income

$86,064$98,865

Median home value

$314,300$450,500

Median gross rent

$1,800$1,930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blaine	Sudden Valley
Under 5	4.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	15.5%
18 to 24	10.3%	3.1%
25 to 34	9.7%	17.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	16.7%	13.5%
75 and over	8.3%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blaine	Sudden Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	77.0%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blaine	Sudden Valley
No high school diploma	4.1%	2.5%
High school graduate	29.0%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blaine	Sudden Valley
Drove alone	69.5%	73.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	19.4%	13.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blaine	Sudden Valley
1-unit, detached	69.7%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	3.3%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blaine	Sudden Valley
Poverty rate	11.8%	5.5%
Average household size	2.44	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	18	32
Median year structure built	1997	1992