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San Juan County

Population in July 2007: 4,938.
Males: 2,405  (48.7%)
Females: 2,533  (51.3%)

Median resident age:  47.3 years
Washington median age:  35.3 years

Zip code: 98280


Estimated median household income in 2007: $55,588 (it was $44,101 in 2000)
Orcas:  $55,588
Washington:  $55,591

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $533,815 (it was $294,300 in 2000)
Orcas:  $533,815
Washington:  $300,800

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $753,364; Detached houses: $759,860; Townhouses or other attached units: $1,542,945; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $799,795; Mobile homes: $169,033; Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $65,000

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Races in Orcas:

  • White Non-Hispanic (94.7%)
  • Two or more races (2.8%)
  • Hispanic (1.9%)
  • Other race (0.7%)

2008 cost of living index in Orcas: 108.6 (more than average, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Elevation: 60 feet

Land area: 65.0 square miles.

Population density: 76 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




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For population 25 years and over in Orcas

  • High school or higher: 95.8%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 40.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 14.7%
  • Unemployed: 2.8%
  • Mean travel time to work: 14.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Orcas CCD

  • Never married: 16.5%
  • Now married: 61.4%
  • Separated: 1.2%
  • Widowed: 5.3%
  • Divorced: 16.9%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.5%
Washington:  10.4%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Orcas:  0.6% ($1,731)
Washington:  1.2% ($1,915)
Orcas satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Bellingham, WA (21.0 miles , pop. 67,171).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Seattle, WA (75.9 miles , pop. 563,374).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (1034.2 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Friday Harbor, WA (3.1 miles ), San Juan, WA (3.2 miles ), Lopez, WA (3.2 miles ), Lummi Island, WA (3.5 miles ), Lummi Reservation, WA (3.8 miles ), Anacortes, WA (4.1 miles ), Marietta-Alderwood, WA (4.4 miles ), Ferndale, WA (4.5 miles ).

Latitude: 48.65 N, Longitude: 122.91 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 360

Orcas household income distribution Orcas home values distribution

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Construction (26%)
  • Accommodation and food services (12%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Accommodation and food services (14%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)
  • Health care (5%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Carpenters (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (5%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Cashiers (4%)
  • Art and design workers (4%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)



Hospitals/medical centers near Orcas:
  • ISLAND HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; ANACORTES, WA)
  • ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA)
  • AFFILIATED HEALTH SERVICES (about 31 miles; MOUNT VERNON, WA)

Political contributions by individuals in Orcas, WA

Amtrak station near Orcas:
  • 19 miles: BELLINGHAM (401 HARRIS AVE.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Orcas:
  • WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 21 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; Full-time enrollment: 11,889)
  • WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 21 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 2,656)
  • SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE (about 31 miles; MT VERNON, WA; FT enrollment: 3,420)
  • PENINSULA COLLEGE (about 45 miles; PORT ANGELES, WA; FT enrollment: 2,374)
  • EVERETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 57 miles; EVERETT, WA; FT enrollment: 3,970)
  • EDMONDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 66 miles; LYNNWOOD, WA; FT enrollment: 4,953)
  • LAKE WASHINGTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 72 miles; KIRKLAND, WA; FT enrollment: 2,328)

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Hotels: Octavias Bistro (Orcas Lndg), Orcas Island Hotel (Orcas Landing).

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.1 people
Washington:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  46.8%
Whole state:  66.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  6.0%
Whole state:  6.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.4% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  11.5%
Whole state:  10.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  4.8%
Whole state:  4.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Orcas, WA


8 people in nursing homes


Orcas compared to Washington state average:
  • Median house value above state average.
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.


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Educational Attainment




School Enrollment by Level of School






Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Electricity (47%)
  • Wood (29%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)


Religon statistics for Orcas

Adherents


NameCatholic ChurchEpiscopal ChurchPresbyterian Church (USA)Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSeventh-Day Adventist Church
Adherents49.7%16.2%9.8%9.4%3.2%
Congregations18.2%13.6%4.5%4.5%9.1%
NameFriends (Quakers)Evangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaAssemblies of GodUnitarian Universalist AssociationOther religions
Adherents3.2%3.1%1.9%1.4%2.2%
Congregations13.6%4.5%4.5%4.5%22.7%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.


8.07% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($151,979 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.07%
Washington average:  7.86%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from King County, WA  1.45% ($128,105 average AGI)
from Whatcom County, WA  0.51% ($32,333)
from Snohomish County, WA  0.41% ($48,125)


7.67% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($45,179 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.67%
Washington average:  7.07%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to King County, WA  1.27% ($50,667 average AGI)
to Skagit County, WA  0.70% ($26,732)
to Whatcom County, WA  0.66% ($51,590)


Strongest AM radio stations in Orcas:
  • KRPI (1550 AM; 50 kW; FERNDALE, WA; Owner: BBC BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KARI (550 AM; 25 kW; BLAINE, WA; Owner: WAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KAPS (660 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT VERNON, WA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • KPUG (1170 AM; 10 kW; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: SAGA BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • KGMI (790 AM; 5 kW; BELLINGHAM, WA)
  • KRKO (1380 AM; 50 kW; EVERETT, WA; Owner: S-R BROADCASTING, CO.)
  • KIXI (880 AM; 50 kW; MERCER ISLAND/SEATTL, WA; Owner: BELLEVUE RADIO, INC.)
  • KIRO (710 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KGNW (820 AM; 50 kW; BURIEN-SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
  • KTTH (770 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KKOL (1300 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
  • KOMO (1000 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - SEATTLE RADIO, L.L.C.)
  • KYCW (1090 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Orcas:
  • KISM (92.9 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: SAGA BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • KWPZ (106.5 FM; LYNDEN, WA; Owner: CRISTA MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • KAFE (104.3 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: SAGA BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • K201FH (88.1 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • K210CN (89.9 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KSVR (91.7 FM; MOUNT VERNON, WA; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE)
  • K206CU (89.1 FM; MOUNT VERNON, WA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KUGS (89.3 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY)
  • KZAZ (91.7 FM; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY)

TV broadcast stations around Orcas:
  • KBCB (Channel 24; BELLINGHAM, WA; Owner: WORLD TELEVISION OF WASHINGTON, LLC.)


FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 1
  • Douglas A Greaves, Nw1/4 Of Sw1/4, Sect. 18 T36 N R1 West W.M., Type: Tower, Structure height: 36.6 m, Overall height: 40.2 m, , Licensee ID: L00001536
    Registrant: Seattle Smsa Limited Partnership Dba , 3350 161st Avenue Se, Bellevue, WA 98009-9210, Phone: (206) 603-2052, Email:

FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 1
  • Mount Constitution, Type: Tower, Structure height: 123 m, Overall height: 126 m, Call Sign: KNNJ273
    Assigned Frequencies : 929.862 MHz
    Grant Date: 02/06/2001, Expiration Date: 02/08/2011, Cancelation Date: 08/10/2001, Certifier: Donna Comer
    Registrant: Wilkinson, Barker, Knauer LLP, 2300 N Street N.W., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20037-1128, Phone: (202) 783-4141, Fax: (202) 783-5851, Email:

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1
  • Skyland Farms, Lat: 48.644917 Lon: -122.940083, Call Sign: WPYP215
    Assigned Frequencies : 452.162 MHz
    Grant Date: 09/18/2003, Expiration Date: 09/18/2013, Certifier: Bernard Hasten
    Registrant: Utc Spectrum Services, 200 North Glebe Rd. #1000, Arlington, VA 22203, Phone: (703) 558-2214, Fax: (703) 558-0523, Email:

FCC Registered Paging Towers: 1
  • Mt Constitution Near, Overall height: 63.4 m, Call Sign: KNKL914
    Assigned Frequencies : 931.212 MHz
    Grant Date: 06/14/1999, Expiration Date: 04/01/2009, Certifier: Shawn E Endsley
    Registrant: Usa Mobility Wireless, Inc., 300 Technology Drive #400, Plano, TX 75074, Phone: (972) 801-1626, Fax: (972) 801-1699, Email:

FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 1
  • Exton Mc Coy Rd Wollard Hill Horseshoe Hwy, Type: Tower, Overall height: 26 m, Call Sign: KSK366
    Assigned Frequencies : 156.425 MHz, 156.450 MHz, 156.800 MHz
    Grant Date: 07/25/1996, Expiration Date: 07/17/2001, Cancelation Date: 10/21/2001
    Registrant: Timothy R Jones, Orcas, WA 98280

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 16 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Orcas)

FAA Registered Aircrafts: 5
  • Aircraft: PIPER PA-28-150 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 107 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
    N-Number: 5903W , Serial Number: 28-2967, Year manufactured: 1965, Airworthiness Date: 12/20/1965
    Registrant (Individual): Michael A Gilleland, Po Box 95, Orcas, WA 98280
  • Aircraft: PIPER PA-28-180 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 107 mph), Engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
    N-Number: 6330J , Serial Number: 28-4738, Year manufactured: 1968, Airworthiness Date: 02/23/1968
    Registrant (Co-Owned): Don F Brashear, Po Box 25, Orcas, WA 98280, Other Owners: Debra J Brashear
  • Aircraft: CESSNA 177 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 108 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
    N-Number: 653SR , Serial Number: 17701048, Year manufactured: 1968, Airworthiness Date: 03/08/1968
    Registrant (Corporation): West Sound Marina Inc, Po Box 119, Orcas, WA 98280
  • Aircraft: TOMS CHRISTOPHER ROBIN LANCAIR IV (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 HP) (Reciprocating)
    N-Number: 83JF , Serial Number: LIV 192, Year manufactured: 1995, Airworthiness Date: 01/17/2001
    Registrant (Individual): John S Forker, Po Box 272, Orcas, WA 98280
  • Aircraft: CESSNA 150G (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 90 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 HP) (4 Cycle)
    N-Number: 8577J , Serial Number: 15066477, Year manufactured: 1967, Airworthiness Date: 03/28/1967
    Registrant (Individual): Pending Registration, Po Box 33, Orcas, WA 98280


2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
  • Service Call: 2
  • Good Intent Call: 2

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