Nooksack vs Sumas

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

Nooksack and Sumas 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 1,384 in Sumas). Sumas has the higher median household income ($86,500 vs $85,781 in Nooksack). Nooksack has the higher median home value ($484,500 vs $362,000 in Sumas).

Population, income & housing

	Nooksack	Sumas
Population	1,547	1,384
Median age	31.5 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$85,781	$86,500
Median home value	$484,500	$362,000
Median gross rent	$1,750	$997
Housing units	557	579
Homeownership rate	85.7%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nooksack	Sumas
Population	1,724 → 1,547 (-10.3%)	1,703 → 1,384 (-18.7%)
Median household income	$65,104 → $85,781 (+31.8%)	$55,225 → $86,500 (+56.6%)
Median home value	$271,100 → $484,500 (+78.7%)	$220,000 → $362,000 (+64.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,240 → $1,750 (+41.1%)	$831 → $997 (+20.0%)

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

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)

	Nooksack	Sumas
Under 5	8.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	19.5%	19.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	19.9%	16.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.6%	14.5%
55 to 64	9.3%	9.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	5.9%
75 and over	3.3%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nooksack	Sumas
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	73.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	2.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.4%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nooksack	Sumas
No high school diploma	14.4%	16.8%
High school graduate	29.2%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nooksack	Sumas
Drove alone	85.8%	80.8%
Carpooled	3.1%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nooksack	Sumas
1-unit, detached	92.8%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Nooksack	Sumas
Poverty rate	12.2%	11.3%
Average household size	2.99	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	2002	1983