What is the population of Lynden city?

Lynden city has 16,025 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #88 of 639 in Washington.

What is the median household income in Lynden city?

Median household income in Lynden city is $94,869 a year, 20.8% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lynden city?

Median gross rent is $1,623 a month and the median home value is $546,400, so rent absorbs about 20.5% of median household income.

Is Lynden city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lynden city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Lynden, WA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Lynden, Washington (Lynden, WA — Census place “Lynden city”) is 16,025 residents, ranking #88 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $94,869, the median home is worth $546,400 and median gross rent runs $1,623 a month. Looking for the Lynden Washington ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Lynden, WA: 98264.

Population: 16,025Lynden city residents
Median household income: $94,869Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $546,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,623Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 66.2%Owner-occupied households

Lynden ZIP codes (Washington)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lynden.

The Lynden WA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

98264

What the numbers mean in Lynden city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Lynden city median would spend about 20.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.7% of residents and 66.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Lynden city, WA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Lynden city is a mid-size town in Washington, with 16,025 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #88 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 35.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Lynden city earn a median of $94,869 a year, 20.8% above the national figure of $78,538 and 5% above the $90,592 median for the 393 Washington cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 8.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lynden city is valued at $546,400, 80.1% above the national figure and 17% above the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,623 a month, 15.4% above the national figure, or roughly $19,476 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 66.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Lynden city?: Lynden city has 16,025 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #88 of 639 in Washington.
What is the median household income in Lynden city?: Median household income in Lynden city is $94,869 a year, 20.8% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lynden city?: Median gross rent is $1,623 a month and the median home value is $546,400, so rent absorbs about 20.5% of median household income.
Is Lynden city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lynden city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Lynden city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.