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Data type:  
Opacity:
%

Area: 2.344 square miles

Population: 4,960

Population density:
Birchwood:  2,116 people per square mile
Bellingham:  2,619 people per square mile

House/condo value distribution in Birchwood in Bellingham, WA neighborhood, block, subdivision, or community

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Age and Sex of Residents in Birchwood in Bellingham, WA

Races in Birchwood in Bellingham neighborhood in WA

Zip codes: 98225.

Males:  2,438
Females:  2,522

Median age:
Males:
This neighborhood:  33.5 years
Whole city:  30.4 years

Females:
This neighborhood:  37.1 years
Whole city:  31.4 years


Average household size:
Birchwood:  2.2 people
Bellingham:  2.2 people

Average family size:
Birchwood:  2.8 members
Bellingham:  2.8 members

Percentage of married-couple families (among all households):
Here:  36.9%
city:  37.5%

Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
Birchwood:  15.6%
Bellingham:  15.2%

Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
This neighborhood:  7.5%
Bellingham:  6.6%

3.6% of population in nursing homes

Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Here:  17.5%
Bellingham:  20.8%

Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Birchwood:  13.3%
city:  19.2%

Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
This neighborhood:  1.9%
Bellingham:  1.9%

Percentage of people born in this state:
Here:  52.0%
Bellingham:  49.4%

Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Birchwood:  37.6%
Bellingham:  39.8%

Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Here:  1.7%
city:  1.7%

Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here:  8.6%
Bellingham:  9.1%



Educational Attainment


Rooms in owner-occupied houses/condos in Birchwood:
  • 1 room: 14
  • 2 rooms: 605
  • 3 rooms: 681
  • 4 rooms: 3,027
  • 5 rooms: 6,429
  • 6 rooms: 4,035
  • 7 rooms: 1,879
  • 8 rooms: 1,373
  • 9+ rooms: 1,287


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Birchwood:
  • 1 room: 2,322
  • 2 rooms: 3,195
  • 3 rooms: 2,577
  • 4 rooms: 7,236
  • 5 rooms: 2,741
  • 6 rooms: 1,559
  • 7 rooms: 526
  • 8 rooms: 223
  • 9+ rooms: 200


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Birchwood:
  • no bedroom: 14
  • 1 bedroom: 1,027
  • 2 bedrooms: 7,112
  • 3 bedrooms: 8,045
  • 4 bedrooms: 2,070
  • 5+ bedrooms: 1,063


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Birchwood:
  • no bedroom: 2,322
  • 1 bedroom: 5,416
  • 2 bedrooms: 9,097
  • 3 bedrooms: 2,970
  • 4 bedrooms: 775
  • 5+ bedrooms: 0


Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
This neighborhood:  2.0
Bellingham:  1.9

Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
Here:  1.4
city:  1.4

Percentage of units with a mortgage:
Birchwood:  66.7%
Bellingham:  68.9%

Housing prices:
Average estimated value of detached houses in 2007 (54.1% of all units):
Birchwood:  $295,767
Bellingham:  $400,494

Average estimated value of townhouses or other attached units in 2007 (2.1% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $141,868
city:  $147,491

Average estimated value of housing units in 2-unit structures in 2007 (2.4% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $12,745
Bellingham:  $158,621

Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 3-to-4-unit structures (3.8% of all units):
Birchwood:  $71,921
city:  $205,371

Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 5-or-more-unit structures (37.6% of all units):
Birchwood:  $141,978
Bellingham:  $284,658

Average estimated value of mobile home in 2007 (0.0% of all units):
Birchwood:  $135
Bellingham:  $50,010

Mode of transportation to work in Birchwood in Bellingham, WA

Occupations of males:
Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
Here:  4.5%
city:  8.7%

Percentage of males in business and financial operations occupations:
Here:  3.2%
city:  3.3%

Percentage of males in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here:  2.5%
city:  3.1%

Percentage of males in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here:  2.9%
city:  2.8%

Percentage of males in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  2.0%
city:  5.2%

Percentage of males in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here:  1.3%
city:  3.2%

Percentage of males in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here:  2.1%
city:  2.1%

Percentage of males in service occupations:
Here:  10.5%
city:  14.4%

Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
Here:  16.2%
city:  20.5%

Percentage of males in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations:
Here:  1.5%
city:  1.2%

Percentage of males in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
Here:  22.8%
city:  14.4%

Percentage of males in production occupations:
Here:  13.3%
city:  9.4%

Percentage of males in transportation and material moving occupations:
Here:  16.1%
city:  8.1%

Occupations of females:
Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
Here:  4.2%
city:  6.8%

Percentage of females in business and financial operations occupations:
Here:  3.4%
city:  3.7%

Percentage of females in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here:  1.2%
city:  0.7%

Percentage of females in community and social services occupations:
Here:  1.6%
city:  3.1%

Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  9.4%
city:  8.6%

Percentage of females in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here:  2.3%
city:  3.0%

Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here:  6.9%
city:  5.7%

Percentage of females in service occupations:
Here:  25.6%
city:  22.3%

Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
Here:  35.5%
city:  36.8%

Percentage of females in production occupations:
Here:  6.5%
city:  3.9%

Percentage of females in transportation and material moving occupations:
Here:  1.2%
city:  1.6%

Percentage of people 18-64 in Armed Forces:
Birchwood:  0.0%
Bellingham:  0.1%

Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):
Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
Birchwood:  13.7%
Bellingham:  12.2%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in undgraduate colleges:
Birchwood:  9.4%
Bellingham:  21.3%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
Birchwood:  0.9%
Bellingham:  1.2%

Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
Birchwood:  22.7%
Bellingham:  10.2%

Percentage of population below poverty level:
Birchwood:  17.6%
Bellingham:  20.6%

Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Birchwood:  1990
Bellingham:  1993

Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Birchwood:  1999
Bellingham:  1999

Median rent in 2007:
Birchwood:  $671
Bellingham:  $681

Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
Birchwood:  55.2%
Bellingham:  61.6%



Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (54%)
  • Electricity (43%)
  • Wood (2%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)


Limited-access highways (interstate or state) in this neighborhood:
I- 5
Length: 2.59 miles
Direction: E-W
Highways in this neighborhood:
State Hwy 539 (Meridian St)
Length: 0.44 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 3430 to 3899
Roads and streets:
Birchwood Ave
Length: 2.24 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1100 to 3299
McLeod Rd
Length: 2.16 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2601 to 3199
Squalicum Pkwy
Length: 1.83 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Cedarwood Ave
Length: 1.60 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 2500 to 3211
Alderwood Ave
Length: 1.32 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 2600 to 3243
W Maplewood Ave
Length: 1.29 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 2600 to 3099
Cottonwood Ave
Length: 1.03 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 2800 to 3248
Northwest Ave
Length: 0.98 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 3108 to 3899
Laurelwood Ave
Length: 0.78 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 3100 to 3398
Cherrywood Ave
Length: 0.75 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 2900 to 3199
Eldridge Ave
Length: 0.58 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 2900 to 3199
Firwood Ave
Length: 0.50 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 2900 to 3299
Pinewood St (Pinewood Ave)
Length: 0.49 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2900 to 3299
Sterling Dr
Length: 0.46 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 300 to 649
Greenwood Ave
Length: 0.40 miles
Direction: N-S
Lindbergh Ave
Length: 0.40 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2900 to 3132
Nome St
Length: 0.37 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2600 to 2999
Patton St
Length: 0.37 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2600 to 2999
Nequalicum Ave
Length: 0.35 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 2700 to 3099
Madrona St
Length: 0.34 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2600 to 2999
Lafayette St
Length: 0.33 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2600 to 2999
E Rusley Dr
Length: 0.33 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 3600 to 3699
W Illinois St
Length: 0.26 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2600 to 2999
W Indiana St
Length: 0.26 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2700 to 2999
W Connecticut St
Length: 0.26 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2600 to 2999
W Maryland St
Length: 0.25 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2600 to 2999
Azalea Pl
Length: 0.21 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S
Address range: 2800 to 3599
Edens Ave
Length: 0.21 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 2900 to 3099
W Rusley Dr
Length: 0.21 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 3600 to 3699
Home Rd
Length: 0.20 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 3600 to 3799
Dana Rd
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 3600 to 3899
Carter Dr
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 100 to 3299
Northwest Dr
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 3800 to 3865
Birchwood Ct
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 3000 to 3051
Seaview Ave
Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Gilligan Way
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 100 to 2599
Rusley Dr
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: E-W
Rusley Ct
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 3600 to 3699
Railroad features:
Old Milwaukee Road RR (Burlington Northern Santa Fe Rlwy)
Length: 1.90 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Rlwy
Length: 0.24 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Other features:
Squalicum Crk
Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE

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