Coupeville vs Oak Harbor

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

Coupeville 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 1,934 in Coupeville). Oak Harbor has the higher median household income ($72,041 vs $66,696 in Coupeville). Coupeville has the higher median home value ($495,400 vs $421,700 in Oak Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Coupeville	Oak Harbor
Population	1,934	24,396
Median age	62.3 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,696	$72,041
Median home value	$495,400	$421,700
Median gross rent	$1,009	$1,629
Housing units	1,029	10,545
Homeownership rate	67.7%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coupeville	Oak Harbor
Population	1,715 → 1,934 (+12.8%)	23,089 → 24,396 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$48,438 → $66,696 (+37.7%)	$55,647 → $72,041 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$342,800 → $495,400 (+44.5%)	$277,500 → $421,700 (+52.0%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $1,009 (+29.5%)	$1,234 → $1,629 (+32.0%)

Coupeville

Population

1,7151,934

Median household income

$48,438$66,696

Median home value

$342,800$495,400

Median gross rent

$779$1,009

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)

	Coupeville	Oak Harbor
Under 5	2.6%	10.1%
5 to 17	6.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	2.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	19.4%
35 to 44	8.8%	16.6%
45 to 54	8.6%	7.3%
55 to 64	15.1%	7.8%
65 to 74	26.4%	7.3%
75 and over	17.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coupeville	Oak Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	61.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.6%
Asian	2.3%	9.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.1%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coupeville	Oak Harbor
No high school diploma	5.1%	5.3%
High school graduate	29.8%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coupeville	Oak Harbor
Drove alone	53.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	3.9%	12.4%
Public transit	5.4%	0.6%
Walked	16.4%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.8%	4.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coupeville	Oak Harbor
1-unit, detached	68.7%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	15.6%
20 or more units	12.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Coupeville	Oak Harbor
Poverty rate	16.0%	8.3%
Average household size	2.17	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1986	1990