Ferndale vs Lynden

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

Ferndale 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 15,447 in Ferndale). Lynden has the higher median household income ($94,869 vs $83,839 in Ferndale). Lynden has the higher median home value ($546,400 vs $492,400 in Ferndale).

Population, income & housing

	Ferndale	Lynden
Population	15,447	16,025
Median age	33.6 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,839	$94,869
Median home value	$492,400	$546,400
Median gross rent	$1,461	$1,623
Housing units	5,895	6,107
Homeownership rate	66.1%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferndale	Lynden
Population	14,043 → 15,447 (+10.0%)	14,281 → 16,025 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$73,074 → $83,839 (+14.7%)	$66,085 → $94,869 (+43.6%)
Median home value	$300,600 → $492,400 (+63.8%)	$348,100 → $546,400 (+57.0%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,461 (+46.7%)	$1,209 → $1,623 (+34.2%)

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

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)

	Ferndale	Lynden
Under 5	9.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	11.3%
25 to 34	18.5%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	8.8%
55 to 64	8.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.1%
75 and over	5.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferndale	Lynden
White (non-Hispanic)	68.6%	75.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.2%
Asian	7.2%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.2%
Two or more races	5.9%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferndale	Lynden
No high school diploma	6.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	22.1%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferndale	Lynden
Drove alone	80.8%	77.8%
Carpooled	4.7%	9.4%
Public transit	1.5%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.2%	9.5%
Other means	0.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferndale	Lynden
1-unit, detached	66.0%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	7.1%
20 or more units	12.1%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Ferndale	Lynden
Poverty rate	10.5%	8.7%
Average household size	2.79	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1995	1996