Nooksack vs Point Roberts

A side-by-side comparison of Nooksack and Point Roberts: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nooksack has the higher population (1,547 vs 1,275 in Point Roberts). Nooksack has the higher median household income ($85,781 vs $80,197 in Point Roberts). Nooksack has the higher median home value ($484,500 vs $460,500 in Point Roberts).

Population, income & housing

	Nooksack	Point Roberts
Population	1,547	1,275
Median age	31.5 yrs	55.7 yrs
Median household income	$85,781	$80,197
Median home value	$484,500	$460,500
Median gross rent	$1,750	$1,055
Housing units	557	2,088
Homeownership rate	85.7%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	48.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nooksack	Point Roberts
Population	1,724 → 1,547 (-10.3%)	1,116 → 1,275 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$65,104 → $85,781 (+31.8%)	$43,510 → $80,197 (+84.3%)
Median home value	$271,100 → $484,500 (+78.7%)	$241,900 → $460,500 (+90.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,240 → $1,750 (+41.1%)	$803 → $1,055 (+31.4%)

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

Point Roberts

Population

1,1161,275

Median household income

$43,510$80,197

Median home value

$241,900$460,500

Median gross rent

$803$1,055

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nooksack	Point Roberts
Under 5	8.8%	0.5%
5 to 17	19.5%	10.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	19.9%	5.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	9.3%	22.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	18.7%
75 and over	3.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nooksack	Point Roberts
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	79.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	7.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nooksack	Point Roberts
No high school diploma	14.4%	2.7%
High school graduate	29.2%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nooksack	Point Roberts
Drove alone	85.8%	40.6%
Carpooled	3.1%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.7%
Worked from home	10.5%	42.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nooksack	Point Roberts
1-unit, detached	92.8%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Nooksack	Point Roberts
Poverty rate	12.2%	12.2%
Average household size	2.99	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	2002	1979