Peaceful Valley vs Sumas

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

Peaceful Valley and Sumas 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 1,384 in Sumas). Sumas has the higher median household income ($86,500 vs $60,271 in Peaceful Valley). Sumas has the higher median home value ($362,000 vs $267,300 in Peaceful Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Peaceful Valley	Sumas
Population	2,661	1,384
Median age	40.5 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,271	$86,500
Median home value	$267,300	$362,000
Median gross rent	$1,358	$997
Housing units	1,116	579
Homeownership rate	63.4%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Peaceful Valley	Sumas
Population	4,123 → 2,661 (-35.5%)	1,703 → 1,384 (-18.7%)
Median household income	$30,292 → $60,271 (+99.0%)	$55,225 → $86,500 (+56.6%)
Median home value	$160,800 → $267,300 (+66.2%)	$220,000 → $362,000 (+64.5%)
Median gross rent	$949 → $1,358 (+43.1%)	$831 → $997 (+20.0%)

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

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)

	Peaceful Valley	Sumas
Under 5	1.5%	7.9%
5 to 17	19.9%	19.9%
18 to 24	11.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	8.3%	16.4%
35 to 44	20.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	14.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	9.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	5.9%
75 and over	5.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Peaceful Valley	Sumas
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	73.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.5%	2.2%
Asian	4.2%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.3%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Peaceful Valley	Sumas
No high school diploma	12.7%	16.8%
High school graduate	43.1%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Peaceful Valley	Sumas
Drove alone	83.7%	80.8%
Carpooled	10.2%	9.3%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Peaceful Valley	Sumas
1-unit, detached	51.9%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	46.7%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Peaceful Valley	Sumas
Poverty rate	20.8%	11.3%
Average household size	2.78	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	59	29
Median year structure built	1988	1983