Nooksack vs Peaceful Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Nooksack and Peaceful Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Peaceful Valley has the higher population (2,661 vs 1,547 in Nooksack). Nooksack has the higher median household income ($85,781 vs $60,271 in Peaceful Valley). Nooksack has the higher median home value ($484,500 vs $267,300 in Peaceful Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Nooksack	Peaceful Valley
Population	1,547	2,661
Median age	31.5 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$85,781	$60,271
Median home value	$484,500	$267,300
Median gross rent	$1,750	$1,358
Housing units	557	1,116
Homeownership rate	85.7%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nooksack	Peaceful Valley
Population	1,724 → 1,547 (-10.3%)	4,123 → 2,661 (-35.5%)
Median household income	$65,104 → $85,781 (+31.8%)	$30,292 → $60,271 (+99.0%)
Median home value	$271,100 → $484,500 (+78.7%)	$160,800 → $267,300 (+66.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,240 → $1,750 (+41.1%)	$949 → $1,358 (+43.1%)

Nooksack

Population

1,7241,547

Median household income

$65,104$85,781

Median home value

$271,100$484,500

Median gross rent

$1,240$1,750

Peaceful Valley

Population

4,1232,661

Median household income

$30,292$60,271

Median home value

$160,800$267,300

Median gross rent

$949$1,358

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nooksack	Peaceful Valley
Under 5	8.8%	1.5%
5 to 17	19.5%	19.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	11.6%
25 to 34	19.9%	8.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	20.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	9.3%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.1%
75 and over	3.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nooksack	Peaceful Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	76.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	3.5%
Asian	0.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nooksack	Peaceful Valley
No high school diploma	14.4%	12.7%
High school graduate	29.2%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nooksack	Peaceful Valley
Drove alone	85.8%	83.7%
Carpooled	3.1%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nooksack	Peaceful Valley
1-unit, detached	92.8%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	46.7%

Poverty & households

	Nooksack	Peaceful Valley
Poverty rate	12.2%	20.8%
Average household size	2.99	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	31	59
Median year structure built	2002	1988