Camano vs Whidbey Island Station

A side-by-side comparison of Camano and Whidbey Island Station: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Camano has the higher population (17,535 vs 2,284 in Whidbey Island Station). Camano has the higher median household income ($100,124 vs $42,143 in Whidbey Island Station). Since 2019, Camano's population has grown faster (+2.9% vs -3.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Camano	Whidbey Island Station
Population	17,535	2,284
Median age	55.2 yrs	22.0 yrs
Median household income	$100,124	$42,143
Median home value	$600,300	—
Median gross rent	$1,710	$1,821
Housing units	8,832	54
Homeownership rate	91.4%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camano	Whidbey Island Station
Population	17,042 → 17,535 (+2.9%)	2,371 → 2,284 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$80,965 → $100,124 (+23.7%)	$32,098 → $42,143 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$398,200 → $600,300 (+50.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,238 → $1,710 (+38.1%)	$1,221 → $1,821 (+49.1%)

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

Whidbey Island Station

Population

2,3712,284

Median household income

$32,098$42,143

Median gross rent

$1,221$1,821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camano	Whidbey Island Station
Under 5	3.5%	0.7%
5 to 17	9.9%	0.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	84.1%
25 to 34	10.2%	14.2%
35 to 44	9.0%	0.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	18.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	20.0%	0.0%
75 and over	11.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camano	Whidbey Island Station
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	42.7%
Black or African American	2.0%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	7.1%
Asian	2.6%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	27.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camano	Whidbey Island Station
No high school diploma	3.8%	1.5%
High school graduate	23.2%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camano	Whidbey Island Station
Drove alone	70.2%	60.4%
Carpooled	8.4%	18.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	21.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	0.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camano	Whidbey Island Station
1-unit, detached	91.4%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	18.5%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	37.0%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	29.6%
20 or more units	0.1%	14.8%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Camano	Whidbey Island Station
Poverty rate	4.5%	5.7%
Average household size	2.36	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	43	6
Median year structure built	1991	1959