Bellingham

Population & Demographics

Bellingham, WA

Bellingham is home to 93,438 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 39,424 resident workers commute each day.

WashingtonCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
93,438
people
Population

93,438 residents

Median age 34.1 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Bellingham population & demographics

Who lives in Bellingham — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
93,438
Median age
34.1yrs
Median household income
$66,755
Median home value
$627,500
Median gross rent
$1,577/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
48.5%
Poverty rate
18.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Bellingham

How Bellingham breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White76.2%
Hispanic or Latino10.2%
Two or more races6.2%
Asian5.2%
Black1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.5%
Some other race0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%

Race across Bellingham

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Bellingham.

Bellingham at a glance
Employed Residents
39,424
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
20.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
51.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
14.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Seattle
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Bellingham proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Bellingham commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Bellingham

39,424 commutes, one dot at a time

Bellingham

Where 39,424 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Bellingham, by worker count.

1Bellingham0.0 mi20,127
2Seattle78.2 mi1,995
3Ferndale8.6 mi1,367
4Mount Vernon23.9 mi951
5Everett55.9 mi862
6Lynden13.6 mi659
7Bellevue81.2 mi530
8Marietta-Alderwood4.1 mi481

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Bellingham.

1Bellingham0.0 mi20,127
2Ferndale8.6 mi2,511
3Lynden13.6 mi1,585
4Sudden Valley6.4 mi1,198
5Birch Bay17.5 mi1,196
6Mount Vernon23.9 mi986
7Seattle78.2 mi980
8Marietta-Alderwood4.1 mi794

Top industries

The sectors that employ Bellingham’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance21.6%
RTRetail Trade11.9%
EDEducational Services11.5%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.6%
COConstruction5.8%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.7%
MFManufacturing5.3%
PAPublic Administration4.4%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)4.3%
Connectivity

Internet options for Bellingham

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

6 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps92%
5 Gbps38%
8 Gbps36%
See all internet providers in Bellingham

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).