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Mount Baker
A snapshot profile, compiled from information provided by the 1990 Census:

The numbers

Founded: 1907

Population: 6,165

Median family income: $35,754

Median house value: $161,039

Median apartment rent: $344

Parks: 4

Housing units: 4,172

The people

Pie chart showing ethnic breakdown of population

Median age: 35.4

Enrolled in public school (K-12): 1,955

Completed four-year college or higher: 31.3 percent

Below poverty level: 16.5 percent

Home ownership: 64.5 percent

Renters: 35.5 percent

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Saturday, March 28, 1998

Reborn community has shifted from exclusive to inclusive

Picturesque neighborhood was planned that way

Home values have been on pendulum swing for decades

'Everybody' contributes to making it a better place

Seafair and light rail among local headaches

Community council still going strong at 84

Jon Hahn: Comma-shaped median gives neighbors cause to pause and then get to work

Things to do while you're here

Scenes of Mount Baker

Mount Baker historical album

By the numbers

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Columbia City

Judkins Park

Leschi

Rainier Valley

Seward Park

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