34 is median age of Bellingham residents as of 2021

Bellingham recorded a median age of 34 years old among its 90,545 residents in 2021, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained by Mifeed.

The city's population is slightly younger than Washington's median age, which sits at 38 years old.

Unlike the average age, the median age is the age that splits a population into two halves: one half younger than the median and the other half older. While the average can be influenced by outliers, the median is generally less susceptible to extreme values, making it a more reliable measure of the population's age tendency.

According to the 2021 census, the median age varied across different ethnicities in the state. White residents had a median age of 36 years old, while the median age for African Americans was 32 years old. The Asian population was median age is 30 years old, and Hispanics had a median age of 24 years old.

Data also shows that Bellingham's population leaned towards the 22 to 24 years demographic.

OurWorldinData.org, an online project tracking global data and trends, says cities, states, countries and continents with higher median ages typically do better economically and residents earn higher wages than developing countries.

The median age among U.S. citizens reached 38.9 years between 2021 and 2022, a record high in the country. A third of America's states registered median ages higher than 40 years old, with Maine achieving the highest of 44.8 years.

Ethnicity	Median Age - Male	Median Age - Female
American Indian and Alaska Native	48	25
Asian	27	33
Black or African American	33	31
Hispanic or Latino	24	23
White	34	38
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	35	55
Some other race	28	27
Multiracial	23	23