Lynden vs Marietta-Alderwood

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

Lynden and Marietta-Alderwood 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 3,569 in Marietta-Alderwood). Lynden has the higher median household income ($94,869 vs $62,243 in Marietta-Alderwood). Lynden has the higher median home value ($546,400 vs $493,200 in Marietta-Alderwood).

Population, income & housing

	Lynden	Marietta-Alderwood
Population	16,025	3,569
Median age	35.9 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$94,869	$62,243
Median home value	$546,400	$493,200
Median gross rent	$1,623	$1,450
Housing units	6,107	1,560
Homeownership rate	66.2%	49.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lynden	Marietta-Alderwood
Population	14,281 → 16,025 (+12.2%)	4,086 → 3,569 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$66,085 → $94,869 (+43.6%)	$50,808 → $62,243 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$348,100 → $546,400 (+57.0%)	$352,500 → $493,200 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,209 → $1,623 (+34.2%)	$1,085 → $1,450 (+33.6%)

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

Marietta-Alderwood

Population

4,0863,569

Median household income

$50,808$62,243

Median home value

$352,500$493,200

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,450

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lynden	Marietta-Alderwood
Under 5	7.8%	1.3%
5 to 17	16.2%	18.0%
18 to 24	11.3%	11.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	16.6%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.3%
75 and over	8.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lynden	Marietta-Alderwood
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	68.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.8%
Asian	2.1%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	13.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.9%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lynden	Marietta-Alderwood
No high school diploma	7.4%	6.2%
High school graduate	28.4%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lynden	Marietta-Alderwood
Drove alone	77.8%	84.3%
Carpooled	9.4%	4.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.5%
Worked from home	9.5%	8.7%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lynden	Marietta-Alderwood
1-unit, detached	67.2%	43.1%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	33.2%
20 or more units	5.3%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Lynden	Marietta-Alderwood
Poverty rate	8.7%	12.6%
Average household size	2.70	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1996	1980