Whatcom income grows, but how does it compare to other counties?

While the 2016 numbers won’t be available for another 12 months, there is an expectation that income growth will be better than 2015.

“We’ve seen more employment in construction and some areas where wages are relatively high,” said Hart Hodges, a director at Western Washington University’s Center for Economic and Business Research. “However, Seattle has seen the same thing with all the apartment and office construction.”