Deming vs Sumas

A side-by-side comparison of Deming and Sumas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sumas has the higher population (1,384 vs 594 in Deming). Sumas has the higher median household income ($86,500 vs $84,315 in Deming). Deming has the higher median home value ($447,300 vs $362,000 in Sumas).

Population, income & housing

	Deming	Sumas
Population	594	1,384
Median age	39.4 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$84,315	$86,500
Median home value	$447,300	$362,000
Median gross rent	—	$997
Housing units	227	579
Homeownership rate	100.0%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	24.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deming	Sumas
Population	164 → 594 (+262.2%)	1,703 → 1,384 (-18.7%)
Median household income	$73,245 → $84,315 (+15.1%)	$55,225 → $86,500 (+56.6%)
Median home value	$352,600 → $447,300 (+26.9%)	$220,000 → $362,000 (+64.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$831 → $997 (+20.0%)

Deming

Population

164594

Median household income

$73,245$84,315

Median home value

$352,600$447,300

Sumas

Population

1,7031,384

Median household income

$55,225$86,500

Median home value

$220,000$362,000

Median gross rent

$831$997

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deming	Sumas
Under 5	0.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	21.5%	19.9%
18 to 24	23.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	28.6%	9.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	5.9%
75 and over	3.2%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deming	Sumas
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	73.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.2%
Asian	23.9%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.3%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deming	Sumas
No high school diploma	0.0%	16.8%
High school graduate	22.5%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	53.1%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deming	Sumas
Drove alone	100.0%	80.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deming	Sumas
1-unit, detached	100.0%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Deming	Sumas
Poverty rate	18.2%	11.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1944	1983