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Birch Bay CDP, Washington: commercial real estate data.
Birch Bay CDP is a Census CDP of 10,837 people across 17.08 square miles of land, in Whatcom County. Median household income is $86,854, 82.1 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Birch Bay
What Birch Bay is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area17.08 sq mi
- Water area6.29 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land634
- County holding the largest share of its areaWhatcom County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Birch Bay
How many people live in Birch Bay
- Population10,837
- Median age44.6
- Population under 182,175
- Share under 1820.1 percent
- Population 65 and over2,626
- Share 65 and over24.2 percent
- Households4,661
- Family households3,007
- Share of households that are families64.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Birch Bay
Income and work in Birch Bay
- Median household income$86,854
- Per capita income$46,034
- Civilian labor force4,749
- Employed4,573
- Unemployed176 plus or minus 86
- Unemployment rate3.7 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over7,827
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher32.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.0 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Birch Bay
Housing in Birch Bay
- Housing units5,974
- Occupied units4,661
- Vacant units1,313
- Vacancy rate22.0 percent
- Owner occupied3,828
- Renter occupied833 plus or minus 299
- Ownership rate82.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$477,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,222 plus or minus $548
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.9 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Single family units4,473
- Share single family74.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more591 plus or minus 261
- Share in buildings of two or more9.9 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Mobile homes875 plus or minus 304
- Median year structure built1990
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Birch Bay
How Birch Bay gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,863
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,028 plus or minus 313
- Share commuting under 15 minutes26.6 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,627 plus or minus 349
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more42.1 percent
- Drove alone77.7 percent
- Carpooled6.2 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Public transport0.2 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked0.6 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home15.3 percent plus or minus 4.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Whatcom County, not Birch Bay
Whatcom County context, not Birch Bay figures
These are Whatcom County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Birch Bay measurements.
- Establishments in Whatcom County7,146
- Employment at those establishments, Whatcom County80,648
- Covered employment, Whatcom County93,430
- Average annual pay, Whatcom County$65,174
- Average weekly wage, Whatcom County$1,253
- Housing units permitted, Whatcom County1,190
- Of those, single family, Whatcom County773
- County product, 2024, Whatcom County$20,639,594,000
- County product change over the prior year, Whatcom County0.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Whatcom County$91,268
Every figure in this section is published for Whatcom County as a whole and is not a measurement of Birch Bay. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Birch Bay questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Birch Bay, Washington?
10,837, in 4,661 households. Birch Bay CDP covers 17.08 square miles of land, which is 634 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Birch Bay in?
Whatcom County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Birch Bay?
$86,854. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $477,200. Median gross rent is $1,222 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Birch Bay figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Whatcom County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Birch Bay.
Is zoning published for Birch Bay?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.