Census tracts · Bellingham, WA

Census tracts in Bellingham, Washington

19 census tracts lie mostly within Bellingham, and 6 more reach into it, by the 2020 census blocks they share. Median household income runs from $35,958 in Tract 6 to $117,917 in Tract 11.02, against $66,755 for Bellingham as a whole (ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates).

Which census tracts of Bellingham earn the most and the least?

The five tracts with the highest and the lowest median household income among those mostly within Bellingham and with a reliable estimate.

Tract 11.02 $117,917
Tract 9.04 $117,250
Tract 11.01 $100,903
Tract 9.02 $100,417
Tract 8.03 $100,402
Tract 3.02 $55,297
Tract 9.03 $52,179
Tract 12.04 $43,922
Tract 10 $41,136
Tract 6 $35,958

Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026) · Check it at data.census.gov

Every census tract in Bellingham

Sort by any column; the share column is how much of each tract's land (by 2020 census blocks) lies inside Bellingham.

Census tracts in or partly in Bellingham, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Distance and direction from the Census Bureau's internal point of Bellingham (2024 Gazetteer), which is not always its downtown

Tract 3.0253073000302	2.4 mi northwest	Whatcom County	3,346±688	$55,297	$247,600	$1,562	100%
Tract 4.0153073000401	1.4 mi north	Whatcom County	3,217±356	$89,779	$689,800	$1,726	100%
Tract 4.0253073000402	1.4 mi northwest	Whatcom County	3,625±477	$95,750	$639,400	$1,676	100%
Tract 5.0153073000501	at the center point	Whatcom County	5,521±766	$71,467	$623,100	$1,583	100%
Tract 5.0253073000502	0.7 mi west	Whatcom County	3,158±495	$63,272	$662,000	$1,295	100%
Tract 653073000600	0.8 mi southwest	Whatcom County	2,205±297	$35,958	$375,000	$1,196	100%
Tract 753073000700	1.2 mi northeast	Whatcom County	7,295±690	$70,526	$442,100	$1,799	100%
Tract 9.0353073000903	0.9 mi southeast	Whatcom County	4,345±668	$52,179	$445,500	$1,677	100%
Tract 9.0453073000904	1.5 mi southeast	Whatcom County	2,724±314	$117,250	$710,800	$1,415	100%
Tract 1053073001000	1.2 mi south	Whatcom County	7,573±819	$41,136	$629,700	$1,615	100%
Tract 12.0353073001203	2.5 mi southwest	Whatcom County	3,296±428	$60,257	$634,700	$1,723	100%
Tract 12.0453073001204	2.1 mi south	Whatcom County	4,700±833	$43,922	$315,100	$1,388	100%
Tract 8.0353073000803	2.1 mi northeast	Whatcom County	7,229±808	$100,402	$675,000	$1,466	97%
Tract 11.0153073001101	3.5 mi southwest	Whatcom County	3,719±415	$100,903	$926,100	$1,489	91%
Tract 11.0253073001102	2.3 mi southwest	Whatcom County	2,674±658	$117,917	$1,003,400	$1,809	91%
Tract 3.0153073000301	2.3 mi northwest	Whatcom County	4,942±742	$61,526	$580,900	$1,555	75%
Tract 9.0253073000902	2.8 mi south	Whatcom County	7,437±960	$100,417	$776,900	$2,088	75%
Tract 2.0353073000203	3.9 mi northwest	Whatcom County	3,340±363	$58,864	$429,600	$1,612	70%
Tract 1.0253073000102	3.2 mi north	Whatcom County	7,845±739	$60,973	$496,500	$1,630	70%
Tract 8.0453073000804	3.5 mi east	Whatcom County	7,214±905	$108,843	$706,300	$2,511	49%
Tract 12.0253073001202	6.5 mi south	Whatcom County	3,911±547	$97,692	$732,600	$1,801	29%
Tract 2.0253073000202	5.1 mi northwest	Whatcom County	3,343±318	$64,679	$569,200	$1,381	24%
Tract 8.0553073000805	4.2 mi southeast	Whatcom County	4,854±554	$114,740	$742,200	$1,776	22%
Tract 2.0153073000201	4.9 mi northwest	Whatcom County	4,830±1,060	$69,592	$558,400	$1,419	6%
Tract 1.0153073000101	5.2 mi northeast	Whatcom County	3,782±737	$102,963	$592,300	$1,193	3%

Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026); 2020 block assignment files · Census block assignment files

How these figures are made: methodology and release checks · reading a margin of error · every state · corrections