† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupLyndenWashingtonUnited States
German16.1%14.5%12.5%
English14.5%12.1%9.5%
Irish10.4%9.8%9.4%
Norwegian5.7%4.0%—
Dutch5.5%——
Scottish3.8%2.6%1.3%
Italian3.5%3.1%4.8%
American3.3%3.8%5.3%
Mexican9.7%10.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.5%1.8%
Guatemalan0.4%0.2%0.5%
Spaniard0.4%0.4%—
Spanish0.4%0.3%—
Honduran0.3%—0.3%
Salvadoran0.3%0.4%0.7%
Peruvian0.3%——
Asian Indian0.6%2.0%1.4%
Chinese0.5%2.2%1.3%
Filipino0.4%1.5%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%1.1%0.6%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Lynden
Washington
United States
Median age
35.2
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
8.7%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.2%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lynden
Washington
United States
Median household income
$103,233
$98,141
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.3%
9.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
33.1%
39.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lynden
Washington
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.8%
21.5%
22.3%
Spanish
7.8%
9.1%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.8%
2.1%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lynden
Washington
United States
Catholic
—
10.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
20.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
58.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Lynden, Washington
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−52.3%
2008
−44.8%
2012
−48.6%
2016
−44.5%
2020
−38.3%
2024
−39.0%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
28.6%Harris2,815
67.7%Trump6,651
3.7%
R+39.0
R+0.7
R+37.5
9,831
R
29.3%Biden2,800
67.5%Trump6,464
3.2%
R+38.3
D+6.2
R+42.7
9,570
R
24.3%Clinton1,833
68.8%Trump5,191
6.9%
R+44.5
D+4.1
R+46.6
7,543
R
23.8%Obama1,720
72.4%Romney5,243
3.9%
R+48.6
R+3.9
R+52.5
7,242
R
26.7%Obama1,752
71.5%McCain4,695
1.9%
R+44.8
D+7.5
R+52.1
6,570
R
23.0%Kerry1,441
75.3%Bush4,712
1.7%
R+52.3
—
R+49.8
6,259
Lynden, near the Canadian border in Whatcom County, draws from a tight-knit Dutch Reformed community whose civic cohesion produces some of the most consistent conservative turnout of any small city in western Washington.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 52.3 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 39.0 points.
A population of 16,234, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $103,233 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Badger and Santa Clara.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Lynden, Washington voted Republican by 39.0 points (R+39.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,831 votes cast, 2,815 went Democratic and 6,651 went Republican.
How many people live in Lynden, Washington?
Lynden, Washington has a population of 16,234 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lynden, Washington?
Median household income in Lynden, Washington is $103,233 — above the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Lynden, Washington?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Lynden, Washington from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
