Código postal 98226 — Bellingham, WA

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El código postal 98226 cubre Bellingham, Washington, con una población de unos 45,739 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $79,684.

Población: 45,739432 per square mile
Edad media: 40.92.2 points above the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $79,68416% below the Washington median
Tasa de pobreza: 11.5%0.9 points below the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $654,436up 12.8% in five years
Alquiler medio: $1,5577% below the Washington median
Título universitario o superior: 39.5%4.5 points above the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 62.2%2.8 points below the US average
Zona horaria: Pacific UTC-08:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 1,673

Dónde está 98226

Bellingham, Washington — el área que la Oficina del Censo delimita para este código postal. Los códigos postales son conjuntos de rutas de reparto y no áreas, así que esto es la aproximación del Censo, no un límite del Servicio Postal.

Población y hogares

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Población	45,739
Edad media	40.9
Hogares familiares	62.1%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	10.6%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	12.1%
Blanca (no hispana)	72.1%
Negra (no hispana)	1.3%
Asiática (no hispana)	6.4%
Hispana o latina	8.8%
Veteranos	7%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$79,684
Ingreso por persona	$44,402
Tasa de pobreza	11.5%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	12.8%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	3.8%
$10–15k	3.0%
$15–20k	2.6%
$20–25k	3.6%
$25–30k	2.6%
$30–35k	3.3%
$35–40k	2.7%
$40–45k	3.2%
$45–50k	2.2%
$50–60k	10.8%
$60–75k	10.0%
$75–100k	12.2%
$100–125k	11.2%
$125–150k	9.9%
$150–200k	9.3%
$200k or more	9.5%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Declaraciones presentadas	22,930
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$94,038
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	8.2%
Returns, under $25k	23.2%
Returns, $25k–$50k	23.0%
Returns, $50k–$75k	15.8%
Returns, $75k–$100k	10.6%
Returns, $100k–$200k	19.0%
Returns, $200k or more	8.2%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$568,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,557
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	33.3%
Ocupada por su propietario	62.2%
Viviendas vacías	5.1%
Año medio de construcción	1995

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	60.4%
Casa adosada	3.3%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	7.4%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	11.1%
20 o más viviendas	13%
Casa móvil	4.7%
Barco, autocaravana o furgoneta	0.2%

Precios y alquileres actuales

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Valor típico de la vivienda	$654,436as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	down 0.6%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 12.8%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 91%
Alquiler típico solicitado	$2,038as of 2026-07
Typical asking rent, 1 year	up 0%
Typical asking rent, 5 years	up 31.4%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$165,435 in 2001 to $654,436 in 2026.

Alquiler típico solicitado

$1,551 in 2021 to $2,038 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	4.4%
Licenciatura o superior	39.5%
Bachillerato o superior	94.5%
Trabaja desde casa	12.9%
Conduce solo al trabajo	71.4%
Usa el transporte público	1.6%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	7%

Salud

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesidad	27% 6.4 pts below the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	9.5% 2.5 pts below the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	11.6% 1.6 pts below the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	29.9% 4.2 pts below the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	17.3% 3 pts below the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	8.1% 3.2 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	29% 7.1 pts above the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	17.8% 7.6 pts below the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	25.7% 0.6 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	17.1% 1.1 pts above the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	72.8% 1.9 pts below the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	8.9% 1.2 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	10.9% 0.5 pts above the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	6.1% same as the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	71.2% 5.5 pts below the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	83.3% 2.6 pts below the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	14.9% same as the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	68.2% 3.9 pts above the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	5.8% 0.8 pts below the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	63.8% 2.5 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	30.6% same as the national average of 30.7%
Discapacidad auditiva	7.4% 0.7 pts above the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	34.2% 2 pts below the national average of 36.2%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	7.8% 0.6 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Mamografía	74.9% 1 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	17.7% 0.9 pts above the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	12% 2 pts below the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	13.5% same as the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	3.5% 0.5 pts below the national average of 4%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	30.2% 6.2 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	3.3% same as the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	10.3% 2.7 pts below the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	4.6% 1 pts below the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	1,673
Personas empleadas	23,487
Nómina anual	$1,346,823,000

Riesgo de desastres naturales

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Riesgo general	Mayor que el 84.4% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Low to Very High en los 15 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	84.4 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	70.5 sobre 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Avalancha	96.1Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	93.8Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	88.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	86.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Actividad volcánica	77.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	74.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	71.9Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	63.4Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	54.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tsunami	53.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	51Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	43.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	39Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación costera	13.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	5.9Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	3.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Comparado con Washington y Estados Unidos

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	Washington	United States
Ingreso medio del hogar	$79,684	$94,952	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$44,402	$51,493	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	11.5%	9.9%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$568,400	$519,800	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,557	$1,682	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	62.2%	63.9%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	39.5%	38.8%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	4.4%	5%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	12.9%	17.7%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	10.6%	15.1%	13.9%
Edad media	40.9	38.2	38.7

Clima

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Estación meteorológica	BELLINGHAM INTL AP, WA US6.8 km away
Lluvia al año	35 in

Average high and low by month

enero	46.3°F / 34°F4.49 in rain
febrero	48.9°F / 34.5°F2.85 in rain
marzo	52.8°F / 37.5°F3.36 in rain
abril	57.7°F / 41.6°F2.77 in rain
mayo	63.9°F / 47°F2.23 in rain
junio	67.8°F / 51.8°F1.61 in rain
julio	72.7°F / 55°F0.88 in rain
agosto	73.1°F / 54.7°F1.13 in rain
septiembre	68.1°F / 49.6°F2.01 in rain
octubre	58.9°F / 43.2°F3.85 in rain
noviembre	51°F / 37.9°F5.2 in rain
diciembre	45.5°F / 34.1°F4.33 in rain

Acceso a alimentos

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Bajos ingresos y lejos de un supermercado	11% of this ZIP code's area
Lejos de un supermercado	25% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	44% of this ZIP code's area

Distritos escolares

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

This ZIP code is served by 4 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Mount Baker School District	36.1% de la superficie de este código postal
Bellingham School District	28.4% de la superficie de este código postal
Meridian School District	20.2% de la superficie de este código postal
Ferndale School District	15.4% de la superficie de este código postal

Comunidad y caminabilidad

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Vulnerabilidad social general	44más vulnerable que el 44% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	45más vulnerable que el 45% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	41más vulnerable que el 41% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	40más vulnerable que el 40% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	54más vulnerable que el 54% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	5.8 out of 20Below average

Códigos postales cercanos

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

98227 Bellingham, WA	a 5.3 km
98228 Bellingham, WA	a 5.3 km
98225 Bellingham, WA	a 6.3 km
98229 Bellingham, WA	a 11.6 km
98248 Ferndale, WA	a 13.2 km
98247 Everson, WA	a 14.5 km
98264 Lynden, WA	a 15.6 km
98276 Nooksack, WA	a 17.1 km

Ubicación, condados y zona horaria

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Whatcom County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Pacific (UTC-08:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	105.8 sq mi
Superficie de agua	8.27 sq mi
Densidad de población	432 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	48.7974, -122.4448

Las cifras corresponden a este código postal o a su área de tabulación censal salvo que la sección indique otra cosa. Las estimaciones cuyo margen de error las hacía poco fiables se omiten en lugar de mostrarse. Fuentes: Oficina del Censo de EE. UU., CDC, IRS.