Island County, Washington (WA)

Races in Island County, Washington:

Mean price in 2016:

Detached houses: $420,090

Here:	$420,090
State:	$404,096

Townhouses or other attached units: $356,061

Here:	$356,061
State:	$385,704

In 2-unit structures: $273,063

Here:	$273,063
State:	$303,123

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $180,724

Here:	$180,724
State:	$347,873

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $235,796

Here:	$235,796
State:	$370,648

Mobile homes: $138,024

Here:	$138,024
State:	$116,190

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $167,330

Here:	$167,330
State:	$133,868

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 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $2,696 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $2,680 (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: 31.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 6,476 (62.4% naturalized citizens)

Note: State values scaled to Island County population

• 7212010 or later
• 1,6562000 to 2009
• 9131990 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: 31,612
• One, attached: 1,686
• Two: 331
• 3 or 4: 1,769
• 5 to 9: 1,026
• 10 to 19: 340
• 20 to 49: 384
• 50 or more: 516
• Mobile homes: 3,252
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 126

Housing units in Island County with a mortgage: 13,597 (341 second mortgage, 1,408 home equity loan, 50 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8,683

Religion statistics for Island County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Island County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• 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
• Washington Earthquake, Incident Period: February 28, 2001 to March 16, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1361: March 01, 2001, FEMA Id: 1361, Natural disaster type: Earthquake
• Washington Severe Winter Storms/Flooding, Incident Period: December 26, 1996 to February 10, 1997, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1159: January 17, 1997, FEMA Id: 1159, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood
• Washington Storms/High Winds/Floods, Incident Period: November 07, 1995 to December 18, 1995, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1079: January 03, 1996, FEMA Id: 1079, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Wind
• 3 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

10.60% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($42,148 average adjusted gross income)

0.86% of residents moved from foreign countries ($2,319 average AGI)

Island County:	0.86%
Washington average:	0.14%

3.87% relocated from other counties in Washington ($16,813 average AGI)
5.87% relocated from other states ($23,016 average AGI)

Island County:	5.87%
Washington average:	3.33%

from Snohomish County, WA	1.33% ($48,600 average AGI)
from King County, WA	0.92% ($58,486)
from Skagit County, WA	0.50% ($34,783)
from San Diego County, CA	0.40% ($43,410)
from Whatcom County, WA	0.23% ($31,586)
from Escambia County, FL	0.22% ($34,939)
from Duval County, FL	0.21% ($31,906)

10.68% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($38,745 average adjusted gross income)

0.65% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,789 average AGI)

Island County:	0.65%
Washington average:	0.14%

4.38% relocated to other counties in Washington ($15,896 average AGI)
5.66% relocated to other states ($21,060 average AGI)

Island County:	5.66%
Washington average:	2.98%

to Snohomish County, WA	1.56% ($42,002 average AGI)
to King County, WA	0.87% ($42,172)
to Skagit County, WA	0.73% ($36,036)
to San Diego County, CA	0.47% ($39,224)
to Whatcom County, WA	0.33% ($33,050)
to Honolulu County, HI	0.22% ($34,221)
to Kitsap County, WA	0.19% ($37,172)

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 2014: 8.1

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:

• In family households: 68,476 (12,857 male householders, 10,877 female householders)

  19,133 spouses, 19,365 children (17,475 natural, 708 adopted, 1,182 stepchildren), 1,013 grandchildren, 696 brothers or sisters, 1,112 parents, 1,465 other relatives, 1,958 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 12,340 (4,414 male householders (3,252 living alone)), 5,217 female householders (4,400 living alone)), 2,709 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 1,820

Size of family households: 14,318 2-persons, 3,757 3-persons, 3,592 4-persons, 1,483 5-persons, 477 6-persons, 107 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,652 1-person, 1,649 2-persons, 298 3-persons, 32 4-persons.

9,284 married couples with children.
4,583 single-parent households (1,955 men, 2,628 women).

91.6% of residents of Island speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
3.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English 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)

Note: State values scaled to Island County population

• 3252014 or later
• 1,3892010 to 2013
• 7,4302000 to 2009
• 9,8671990 to 1999
• 5,8861980 to 1989
• 6,4151970 to 1979
• 3,1211960 to 1969
• 3,2291950 to 1959
• 1,5351940 to 1949
• 1,8451939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Island County, Washington

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Island County population

• 501 room
• 02 rooms
• 1,3313 rooms
• 2,4484 rooms
• 4,2275 rooms
• 4,5286 rooms
• 3,4527 rooms
• 2,6998 rooms
• 3,5459+ rooms

Note: State values scaled to Island County population

• 1941 room
• 6242 rooms
• 1,7243 rooms
• 2,7184 rooms
• 2,8285 rooms
• 1,4426 rooms
• 7407 rooms
• 3738 rooms
• 4429+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Island County, Washington

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Island County population

• 50no bedroom
• 5311 bedroom
• 5,9812 bedrooms
• 12,1803 bedrooms
• 2,8974 bedrooms
• 6415+ bedrooms

Note: State values scaled to Island County population

• 194no bedroom
• 1,8831 bedroom
• 5,2572 bedrooms
• 2,5703 bedrooms
• 1,0164 bedrooms
• 1655+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Island County population

• 675no vehicle
• 4,8001 vehicle
• 9,7522 vehicles
• 4,5293 vehicles
• 1,8174 vehicles
• 7075+ vehicles

Note: State values scaled to Island County population

• 971no vehicle
• 2,9251 vehicle
• 5,6262 vehicles
• 1,3983 vehicles
• 814 vehicles
• 845+ vehicles

83.6% 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, 51% lived in Washington.

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

• This state: 31,287
• Other state: 42,772
• Northeast: 5,230
• Midwest: 9,051
• South: 9,336
• West: 19,155

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+)"