Coupeville vs Whidbey Island Station

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

Coupeville 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.

Whidbey Island Station has the higher population (2,284 vs 1,934 in Coupeville). Coupeville has the higher median household income ($66,696 vs $42,143 in Whidbey Island Station). Since 2019, Coupeville's population has grown faster (+12.8% vs -3.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Coupeville	Whidbey Island Station
Population	1,934	2,284
Median age	62.3 yrs	22.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,696	$42,143
Median home value	$495,400	—
Median gross rent	$1,009	$1,821
Housing units	1,029	54
Homeownership rate	67.7%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coupeville	Whidbey Island Station
Population	1,715 → 1,934 (+12.8%)	2,371 → 2,284 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$48,438 → $66,696 (+37.7%)	$32,098 → $42,143 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$342,800 → $495,400 (+44.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$779 → $1,009 (+29.5%)	$1,221 → $1,821 (+49.1%)

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

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)

	Coupeville	Whidbey Island Station
Under 5	2.6%	0.7%
5 to 17	6.9%	0.1%
18 to 24	2.9%	84.1%
25 to 34	10.8%	14.2%
35 to 44	8.8%	0.8%
45 to 54	8.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	0.0%
65 to 74	26.4%	0.0%
75 and over	17.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coupeville	Whidbey Island Station
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	42.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	7.1%
Asian	2.3%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	27.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coupeville	Whidbey Island Station
No high school diploma	5.1%	1.5%
High school graduate	29.8%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coupeville	Whidbey Island Station
Drove alone	53.3%	60.4%
Carpooled	3.9%	18.2%
Public transit	5.4%	0.0%
Walked	16.4%	21.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	0.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coupeville	Whidbey Island Station
1-unit, detached	68.7%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	18.5%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	37.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	29.6%
20 or more units	12.0%	14.8%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coupeville	Whidbey Island Station
Poverty rate	16.0%	5.7%
Average household size	2.17	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	23	6
Median year structure built	1986	1959