Lynden vs Sudden Valley

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

Lynden and Sudden Valley 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 6,963 in Sudden Valley). Sudden Valley has the higher median household income ($98,865 vs $94,869 in Lynden). Lynden has the higher median home value ($546,400 vs $450,500 in Sudden Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Lynden	Sudden Valley
Population	16,025	6,963
Median age	35.9 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$94,869	$98,865
Median home value	$546,400	$450,500
Median gross rent	$1,623	$1,930
Housing units	6,107	3,068
Homeownership rate	66.2%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	49.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lynden	Sudden Valley
Population	14,281 → 16,025 (+12.2%)	8,072 → 6,963 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$66,085 → $94,869 (+43.6%)	$86,064 → $98,865 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$348,100 → $546,400 (+57.0%)	$314,300 → $450,500 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,209 → $1,623 (+34.2%)	$1,800 → $1,930 (+7.2%)

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

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)

	Lynden	Sudden Valley
Under 5	7.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.2%	15.5%
18 to 24	11.3%	3.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	17.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	13.5%
75 and over	8.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lynden	Sudden Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	77.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	1.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.9%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lynden	Sudden Valley
No high school diploma	7.4%	2.5%
High school graduate	28.4%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lynden	Sudden Valley
Drove alone	77.8%	73.4%
Carpooled	9.4%	11.1%
Public transit	0.2%	1.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.5%	13.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lynden	Sudden Valley
1-unit, detached	67.2%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	3.3%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lynden	Sudden Valley
Poverty rate	8.7%	5.5%
Average household size	2.70	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1996	1992