Island County, Washington (WA)

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• • 66,84978.5%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 6,9698.2%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3,6624.3%Asian alone
  • 3,1343.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,3792.8%Two or more races
  • 1,1291.3%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 1,0191.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $494,921

Here:	$494,921
State:	$510,505

Townhouses or other attached units: $289,375

Here:	$289,375
State:	$453,343

In 2-unit structures: $304,849

Here:	$304,849
State:	$399,900

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $157,750

Here:	$157,750
State:	$365,625

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $307,643

Here:	$307,643
State:	$449,948

Mobile homes: $204,135

Here:	$204,135
State:	$172,568

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $159,214

Here:	$159,214
State:	$171,326

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 25
• Robberies: 7
• Assaults: 14
• Burglaries: 494
• Thefts: 917
• Auto thefts: 133

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $3,032 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $3,408 (0.8%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Island County is $540 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $651 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $947 a month.

Cities in this county include: North Whidbey, Oak Harbor, Camano, South Whidbey, Central Whidbey, Ault Field, Coupeville, Whidbey Island Station, Freeland, Langley.

Neighboring counties: Flathead County, Montana , Mason County , Liberty County, Montana , McCone County, Montana , Whatcom County , Shoshone County, Idaho , Norman County, Minnesota .

Current college students: 3,165
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 95.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 34.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 6,110 (68.4% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 9792010 or later
• 1,4162000 to 2009
• 1,2971990 to 1999
• 1,0681980 to 1989
• 7091970 to 1979
• 1,503Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 28.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 67.9%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 32,383
• One, attached: 710
• Two: 1,172
• 3 or 4: 1,302
• 5 to 9: 1,448
• 10 to 19: 1,304
• 20 to 49: 520
• 50 or more: 57
• Mobile homes: 3,737
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 19

Housing units in Island County with a mortgage: 16,821 (447 second mortgage, 1,206 home equity loan, 46 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9,158

Religion statistics for Island County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Island County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Washington Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4481-WA: March 22, 2020, FEMA Id: 4481, Natural disaster type: Other
• Washington Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides, Incident Period: January 20, 2020 - February 10, 2020, FEMA Id: 4539, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Washington Severe Winter Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, Mudslides, Tornado, Incident Period: December 10, 2018 - December 24, 2018, FEMA Id: 4418, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Tornado, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood, Wind
• Washington Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: November 12, 2015 to November 21, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4249: January 15, 2016, FEMA Id: 4249, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood, Wind
• Washington Severe Windstorm, Incident Period: August 29, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4242: October 15, 2015, FEMA Id: 4242, Natural disaster type: Storm, Wind
• Washington Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow, Incident Period: December 12, 2008 to January 05, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1825: March 02, 2009, FEMA Id: 1825, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Snow
• Washington Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: December 14, 2006 to December 15, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1682: February 14, 2007, FEMA Id: 1682, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Mudslide, Landslide
• Washington Severe Storms, Flooding, Tidal Surge, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: January 27, 2006 to February 04, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1641: May 17, 2006, FEMA Id: 1641, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Washington Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3227: September 07, 2005, FEMA Id: 3227, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Washington Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: October 15, 2003 to October 23, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1499: November 07, 2003, FEMA Id: 1499, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 6 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

11.86% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($64,096 average adjusted gross income)

0.53% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,856 average AGI)

Island County:	0.53%
Washington average:	0.11%

4.66% relocated from other counties in Washington ($31,832 average AGI)
6.66% relocated from other states ($30,408 average AGI)

Island County:	6.66%
Washington average:	3.93%

from Snohomish County, WA	1.61% ($67,449 average AGI)
from King County, WA	1.44% ($126,154)
from Skagit County, WA	0.52% ($54,124)
from San Diego County, CA	0.49% ($44,154)
from Kings County, CA	0.23% ($33,603)
from Virginia Beach city, VA	0.20% ($36,735)
from Duval County, FL	0.20% ($41,985)

9.93% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($50,218 average adjusted gross income)

0.37% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,610 average AGI)

Island County:	0.37%
Washington average:	0.13%

4.63% relocated to other counties in Washington ($24,765 average AGI)
4.93% relocated to other states ($23,843 average AGI)

Island County:	4.93%
Washington average:	2.89%

to Snohomish County, WA	1.66% ($53,679 average AGI)
to Skagit County, WA	0.87% ($54,481)
to King County, WA	0.84% ($64,769)
to Whatcom County, WA	0.36% ($32,533)
to San Diego County, CA	0.33% ($54,661)
to Pierce County, WA	0.16% ($36,855)
to Kitsap County, WA	0.15% ($54,080)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.4

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 7.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 8.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.6

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Island County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 17,991 (3,565 living alone), Female householders: 17,595 (5,566 living alone)

• 20,087 spouses (19,953 opposite-sex spouses), 2,581 unmarried partners, (2,581 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 18,259 children (16,624 natural, 919 adopted, 716 stepchildren), 1,314 grandchildren, 858 brothers or sisters, 887 parents, 49 foster children, 650 other relatives, 2,064 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 2,806

Size of family households: 13,914 2-persons, 3,890 3-persons, 3,504 4-persons, 1,399 5-persons, 896 6-persons, 562 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 9,131 1-person, 2,026 2-persons, 264 3-persons.

9,936 married couples with children.
3,336 single-parent households (589 men, 2,747 women).

91.1% of residents of Island speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $797,718,000 ($10,060 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $515,580,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $268,502,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $51,625,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $295,000
Federal grants: $37,480,000
Federal procurement contracts: $78,602,000 ($76,088,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $361,213,000 ($353,399,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $378,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $130,322,000
Federal Government insurance: $121,585,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 6.92 millions of gallons per day (68% from ground, 32% from surface)

• Year house built in Island County, Washington
• 1,0692014 or later
• 1,1242010 to 2013
• 7,1252000 to 2009
• 10,1091990 to 1999
• 7,1521980 to 1989
• 6,7781970 to 1979
• 4,0681960 to 1969
• 2,9521950 to 1959
• 6971940 to 1949
• 1,5781939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Island County, Washington

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Island County, Washington
• 1001 room
• 892 rooms
• 2253 rooms
• 3,5004 rooms
• 5,0305 rooms
• 5,6676 rooms
• 3,9107 rooms
• 3,4648 rooms
• 3,9949+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Island County, Washington
• 3701 room
• 4632 rooms
• 8133 rooms
• 2,8834 rooms
• 1,6265 rooms
• 1,9016 rooms
• 8387 rooms
• 3348 rooms
• 3799+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Island County, Washington

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Island County, Washington
• 100no bedroom
• 4391 bedroom
• 7,5272 bedrooms
• 14,2203 bedrooms
• 2,8874 bedrooms
• 8065+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Island County, Washington
• 457no bedroom
• 9971 bedroom
• 3,6542 bedrooms
• 2,8093 bedrooms
• 1,3174 bedrooms
• 3735+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Island County, Washington in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Island County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 479no vehicle
• 4,7541 vehicle
• 11,9482 vehicles
• 4,8963 vehicles
• 2,4754 vehicles
• 1,4275+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Island County in renter-occupied apartments
• 661no vehicle
• 3,4971 vehicle
• 4,2872 vehicles
• 1,0203 vehicles
• 524 vehicles
• 905+ vehicles

83.5% of Island County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Washington.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 32,322
• Other state: 44,558
• Northeast: 5,521
• Midwest: 8,276
• South: 10,585
• West: 20,176

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 762
• Number of aged recipients: 78
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 684
• Number of recipients under 18: 101
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 549
• Number of recipients older than 64: 112
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 233
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 361

Island County on our top lists:

• #9 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #11 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #14 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
• #20 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"
• #32 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #40 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #58 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #72 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #83 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"