Blaine is a very small coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Washington. With a population of 3,713 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Blaine is the 154th largest community in Washington.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Blaine is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Blaine is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Blaine who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.05%), sales jobs (11.93%), and management occupations (8.16%).

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Blaine are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One of the benefits of Blaine is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.63 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

As is often the case in a small city, Blaine doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Blaine Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Blaine who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 21.72% of adults in Blaine have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Blaine in 2000 was $20,333, which is upper middle income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $81,332 for a family of four.

Blaine is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Blaine home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Blaine is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Blaine include German, English, Irish, Dutch, Scottish, Norwegian, Canadian, Russian, British, Polish, Scotch-Irish, and French.

In addition, Blaine has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (19.58%).

The most common language spoken in Blaine is English. Other important languages spoken here include Russian and Spanish.