Ferndale vs Sudden Valley

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

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

Ferndale has the higher population (15,447 vs 6,963 in Sudden Valley). Sudden Valley has the higher median household income ($98,865 vs $83,839 in Ferndale). Ferndale has the higher median home value ($492,400 vs $450,500 in Sudden Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Ferndale	Sudden Valley
Population	15,447	6,963
Median age	33.6 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,839	$98,865
Median home value	$492,400	$450,500
Median gross rent	$1,461	$1,930
Housing units	5,895	3,068
Homeownership rate	66.1%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	49.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferndale	Sudden Valley
Population	14,043 → 15,447 (+10.0%)	8,072 → 6,963 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$73,074 → $83,839 (+14.7%)	$86,064 → $98,865 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$300,600 → $492,400 (+63.8%)	$314,300 → $450,500 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,461 (+46.7%)	$1,800 → $1,930 (+7.2%)

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

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)

	Ferndale	Sudden Valley
Under 5	9.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	3.1%
25 to 34	18.5%	17.4%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	8.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	13.5%
75 and over	5.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferndale	Sudden Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	68.6%	77.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferndale	Sudden Valley
No high school diploma	6.0%	2.5%
High school graduate	22.1%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferndale	Sudden Valley
Drove alone	80.8%	73.4%
Carpooled	4.7%	11.1%
Public transit	1.5%	1.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.2%	13.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferndale	Sudden Valley
1-unit, detached	66.0%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	3.3%
20 or more units	12.1%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ferndale	Sudden Valley
Poverty rate	10.5%	5.5%
Average household size	2.79	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1995	1992