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Sumas city, Washington: commercial real estate data.
Sumas city is a Census city of 1,512 people across 1.47 square miles of land, in Whatcom County. Median household income is $89,375, 67.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $585,000.
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Sumas
What Sumas is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.47 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,030 plus or minus 235
- 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.
Sumas
How many people live in Sumas
- Population1,512 plus or minus 345
- Median age31.7
- Population under 18492 plus or minus 133
- Share under 1832.5 percent
- Population 65 and over105 plus or minus 46
- Share 65 and over6.9 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Households539 plus or minus 114
- Family households394 plus or minus 101
- Share of households that are families73.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sumas
Income and work in Sumas
- Median household income$89,375 plus or minus $20,587
- Per capita income$35,113
- Civilian labor force752 plus or minus 192
- Employed733 plus or minus 189
- Unemployed19 plus or minus 21
- Unemployment rate2.5 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Adults 25 and over911 plus or minus 199
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher82.3 percent plus or minus 22.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.4 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.1 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sumas
Housing in Sumas
- Housing units618
- Occupied units539 plus or minus 114
- Vacant units79 plus or minus 45
- Vacancy rate12.8 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Owner occupied362 plus or minus 87
- Renter occupied177 plus or minus 67
- Ownership rate67.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$441,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,585
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.3 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Single family units449 plus or minus 103
- Share single family72.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more138 plus or minus 52
- Share in buildings of two or more22.3 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Mobile homes31 plus or minus 29
- Median year structure built1990
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sumas
How Sumas gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute632 plus or minus 165
- Commuting under 15 minutes139 plus or minus 62
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.0 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more246 plus or minus 73
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more38.9 percent
- Drove alone74.0 percent
- Carpooled12.0 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home13.1 percent plus or minus 6.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sumas
SBA loans in Sumas (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$585,000
- Average approval$292,500
- Median approval$525,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$525,000
- Largest approval$525,000
- Jobs supported19
- Jobs per approval9.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sumas
SBA loans in Sumas (504)
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$1,040,000
- Average approval$173,333
- Median approval$177,000
- Largest approval$250,000
- Jobs supported8
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Whatcom County, not Sumas
Whatcom County context, not Sumas 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 Sumas 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 Sumas. 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.
- 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
Sumas questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sumas, Washington?
1,512, in 539 households. Sumas city covers 1.47 square miles of land, which is 1,030 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sumas 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 Sumas?
$89,375. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $441,500. Median gross rent is $1,585 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sumas businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $585,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $525,000, plus 6 504 approvals worth $1.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sumas, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sumas borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Sumas. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Sumas 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 Sumas.
Is zoning published for Sumas?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.