Kendall vs Sumas

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

Kendall 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 810 in Kendall). Sumas has the higher median household income ($86,500 vs $60,291 in Kendall). Sumas has the higher median home value ($362,000 vs $276,000 in Kendall).

Population, income & housing

	Kendall	Sumas
Population	810	1,384
Median age	46.3 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,291	$86,500
Median home value	$276,000	$362,000
Median gross rent	—	$997
Housing units	286	579
Homeownership rate	75.9%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	21.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kendall	Sumas
Population	18 → 810 (+4400.0%)	1,703 → 1,384 (-18.7%)
Median household income	$35,915 → $60,291 (+67.9%)	$55,225 → $86,500 (+56.6%)
Median home value	$245,600 → $276,000 (+12.4%)	$220,000 → $362,000 (+64.5%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $1,252 (+41.8%)	$831 → $997 (+20.0%)

Kendall

Population

18810

Median household income

$35,915$60,291

Median home value

$245,600$276,000

Median gross rent

$883$1,252

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)

	Kendall	Sumas
Under 5	0.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	17.5%	19.9%
18 to 24	13.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	16.4%
35 to 44	6.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	25.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	9.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	5.9%
75 and over	2.8%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kendall	Sumas
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	73.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.2%
Asian	0.6%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.0%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kendall	Sumas
No high school diploma	24.2%	16.8%
High school graduate	43.2%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kendall	Sumas
Drove alone	57.1%	80.8%
Carpooled	36.8%	9.3%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kendall	Sumas
1-unit, detached	47.6%	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	52.4%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Kendall	Sumas
Poverty rate	16.2%	11.3%
Average household size	2.83	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	45	29
Median year structure built	2001	1983