Camano vs Oak Harbor

A side-by-side comparison of Camano and Oak Harbor: population, income, housing, and more.

Camano and Oak Harbor are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oak Harbor has the higher population (24,396 vs 17,535 in Camano). Camano has the higher median household income ($100,124 vs $72,041 in Oak Harbor). Camano has the higher median home value ($600,300 vs $421,700 in Oak Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Camano	Oak Harbor
Population	17,535	24,396
Median age	55.2 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$100,124	$72,041
Median home value	$600,300	$421,700
Median gross rent	$1,710	$1,629
Housing units	8,832	10,545
Homeownership rate	91.4%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camano	Oak Harbor
Population	17,042 → 17,535 (+2.9%)	23,089 → 24,396 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$80,965 → $100,124 (+23.7%)	$55,647 → $72,041 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$398,200 → $600,300 (+50.8%)	$277,500 → $421,700 (+52.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,238 → $1,710 (+38.1%)	$1,234 → $1,629 (+32.0%)

Camano

Population

17,04217,535

Median household income

$80,965$100,124

Median home value

$398,200$600,300

Median gross rent

$1,238$1,710

Oak Harbor

Population

23,08924,396

Median household income

$55,647$72,041

Median home value

$277,500$421,700

Median gross rent

$1,234$1,629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camano	Oak Harbor
Under 5	3.5%	10.1%
5 to 17	9.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	19.4%
35 to 44	9.0%	16.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	7.3%
55 to 64	18.4%	7.8%
65 to 74	20.0%	7.3%
75 and over	11.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camano	Oak Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	61.4%
Black or African American	2.0%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.6%
Asian	2.6%	9.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camano	Oak Harbor
No high school diploma	3.8%	5.3%
High school graduate	23.2%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camano	Oak Harbor
Drove alone	70.2%	78.8%
Carpooled	8.4%	12.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.6%
Walked	1.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camano	Oak Harbor
1-unit, detached	91.4%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	15.6%
20 or more units	0.1%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Camano	Oak Harbor
Poverty rate	4.5%	8.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	43	20
Median year structure built	1991	1990