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Population (year 2000): 851. Estimated
population in July 2005: 885 (+4.0% change)
Males: 417 (49.0%), Females: 434 (51.0%)
Whatcom County
Median resident age: 29.3 years
Median household income: $44,000 (year 2000)
Median house value: $121,200 (year 2000)
Races in Nooksack:
- White Non-Hispanic (88.7%)
- Hispanic (6.6%)
- Other race (3.3%)
- Two or more races (1.8%)
- American Indian (1.6%)
- Asian Indian (1.3%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (20.1%), Dutch (14.7%),
English (9.9%), Irish (5.3%), Norwegian (5.1%), United States
(3.6%).
Elevation: 84 feet
Land area: 0.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Nooksack
- High school or higher: 81.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.2%
- Unemployed: 7.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 31.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Nooksack city
- Never married: 25.6%
- Now married: 61.6%
- Separated: 1.0%
- Widowed: 3.8%
- Divorced: 8.0%
9.2% Foreign born (2.9% Latin America, 2.6%
North America, 2.4% Europe, 1.3% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +201 (+30.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Nooksack:
- ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA)
- AFFILIATED HEALTH SERVICES (about 36 miles; MOUNT
VERNON, WA)
- ISLAND HOSPITAL (about 37 miles; ANACORTES, WA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Nooksack:
- BELLINGHAM INTL (about 18 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; ID:
BLI)
- SNOHOMISH COUNTY (PAINE FLD) (about 71 miles;
EVERETT, WA; ID: PAE)
- BOEING FIELD/KING COUNTY INTL (about 97 miles;
SEATTLE, WA; ID: BFI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Nooksack:
- LYNDEN (about 10 miles; LYNDEN, WA; ID: 38W)
- FLOATHAVEN (about 15 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; ID: 0W7)
- BLAINE MUNI (about 28 miles; BLAINE, WA; ID: 4W6)
Amtrak station near Nooksack:
- 20 miles: BELLINGHAM (401 HARRIS AVE.). Services:
ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free
short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for
taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Nooksack:
- WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 15 miles;
BELLINGHAM, WA; Full-time enrollment: 2,656)
- WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 17 miles;
BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 11,889)
- SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE (about 36 miles; MT VERNON,
WA; FT enrollment: 3,420)
- EVERETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 66 miles; EVERETT,
WA; FT enrollment: 3,970)
- EDMONDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 77 miles; LYNNWOOD,
WA; FT enrollment: 4,953)
- SHORELINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 83 miles;
SEATTLE, WA; FT enrollment: 4,526)
- LAKE WASHINGTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 84 miles;
KIRKLAND, WA; FT enrollment: 2,328)
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