What is the median home value in Birch Bay, WA?

Name: Home values in Birch Bay, WA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Birch Bay, WA is $477,200 (±$25,221), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

In Birch Bay, the median home value went from $274,300 in 2015–2019 to $477,200 in 2020–2024 (+74.0%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median home value: $477,200 (±$25,221)
Owner-occupied homes: 3,828 (±382)
Most common range: $300,000 to $499,999

Home values in Birch Bay

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Birch Bay	Whatcom County	Washington	United States
Less than $50,000	3.6% (±1.3 points)	2.7%	2.9%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	3.4% (±3.7 points)	2.0%	1.8%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	0.9% (±1.0 points)	1.4%	1.7%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	0.8% (±0.7 points)	1.5%	2.1%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	8.8% (±2.9 points)	5.3%	7.0%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	38.0% (±6.2 points)	25.8%	27.8%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	36.9% (±6.0 points)	50.8%	40.8%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	7.6% (±3.8 points)	10.4%	15.9%	7.1%

The most common range is $300,000 to $499,999, 38.0% of owned homes.

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

Birch Bay against Whatcom County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Birch Bay	Whatcom County	Washington	United States
Median home value	$477,200 (±$25,221)	$585,800 (±$9,479)	$564,600 (±$1,940)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	3,828 (±382)	59,904 (±1,153)	1,954,777 (±10,007)	84,210,142

In Birch Bay, the median home value is lower than in Whatcom County ($585,800).

It is also lower than in Washington ($564,600).

It is higher than the national figure ($332,700).

In Whatcom County, Birch Bay ranks 10 of 13 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 215 of 462.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How home values in Birch Bay have changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median home value	$274,300 (±$16,129)	$477,200 (±$25,221)	+74.0%	Up after inflation
Median owner cost with a mortgage	$1,481 (±$65)	$2,064 (±$127)	+39.4%	Up after inflation
Median real estate taxes	$2,183 (±$228)	$3,110 (±$331)	+42.5%	No measurable change after inflation

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median home value in places near Birch Bay

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Birch Bay
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Birch Bay	—	$477,200 (±$25,221)	—
Blaine	4.4 mi	$549,600 (±$64,667)	Higher
Ferndale	8.5 mi	$549,300 (±$33,715)	Higher
Marietta-Alderwood	13 mi	$547,100 (±$89,673)	Not measurably different
Lynden	13 mi	$596,600 (±$20,411)	Higher
Point Roberts	15 mi	$483,900 (±$58,590)	Not measurably different
Bellingham	17 mi	$627,500 (±$15,464)	Higher
Everson	18 mi	$450,300 (±$43,733)	Not measurably different
Nooksack	19 mi	$524,300 (±$45,138)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Blaine, WA ($549,600), Ferndale, WA ($549,300), Lynden, WA ($596,600).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median home value across Whatcom County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
4	Blaine	$549,600 (±$64,667)
5	Ferndale	$549,300 (±$33,715)
6	Marietta-Alderwood	$547,100 (±$89,673)
7	Nooksack	$524,300 (±$45,138)
8	Sudden Valley	$489,200 (±$48,256)
9	Point Roberts	$483,900 (±$58,590)
10	Birch Bay	$477,200 (±$25,221)
11	Everson	$450,300 (±$43,733)
12	Sumas	$441,500 (±$28,312)
13	Peaceful Valley	$317,800 (±$67,770)

Showing 10 of 13 places in Whatcom County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Birch Bay is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Birch Bay

What is the average home value in Birch Bay, WA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $477,200 (±$25,221) for owner-occupied homes in Birch Bay (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Have home values in Birch Bay gone up?

In Birch Bay, the median home value went from $274,300 in 2015–2019 to $477,200 in 2020–2024 (+74.0%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Is this what homes in Birch Bay sell for?

No: it is the value owners reported, which tends to lag the market; recent sale prices and an appraisal answer that question.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Birch Bay CDP, Washington (place:06190, in state:53).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25077_001E, B25077_001M, B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0081PE, DP04_0081PM, DP04_0082PE, DP04_0082PM, DP04_0083PE, DP04_0083PM, DP04_0084PE, DP04_0084PM, DP04_0085PE, DP04_0085PM, DP04_0086PE, DP04_0086PM, DP04_0087PE, DP04_0087PM, DP04_0088PE, DP04_0088PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.