Freeland vs Oak Harbor

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

Freeland 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 1,966 in Freeland). Freeland has the higher median household income ($90,945 vs $72,041 in Oak Harbor). Freeland has the higher median home value ($493,400 vs $421,700 in Oak Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Freeland	Oak Harbor
Population	1,966	24,396
Median age	50.4 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$90,945	$72,041
Median home value	$493,400	$421,700
Median gross rent	$1,424	$1,629
Housing units	1,321	10,545
Homeownership rate	76.8%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeland	Oak Harbor
Population	2,154 → 1,966 (-8.7%)	23,089 → 24,396 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$72,669 → $90,945 (+25.1%)	$55,647 → $72,041 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$376,300 → $493,400 (+31.1%)	$277,500 → $421,700 (+52.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,424 (+17.6%)	$1,234 → $1,629 (+32.0%)

Freeland

Population

2,1541,966

Median household income

$72,669$90,945

Median home value

$376,300$493,400

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,424

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)

	Freeland	Oak Harbor
Under 5	2.2%	10.1%
5 to 17	14.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	6.0%	19.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	16.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	7.3%
55 to 64	10.9%	7.8%
65 to 74	18.0%	7.3%
75 and over	15.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeland	Oak Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	61.4%
Black or African American	2.6%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.6%
Asian	0.2%	9.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.5%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	9.0%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeland	Oak Harbor
No high school diploma	7.0%	5.3%
High school graduate	9.8%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	50.6%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeland	Oak Harbor
Drove alone	46.4%	78.8%
Carpooled	16.2%	12.4%
Public transit	7.2%	0.6%
Walked	7.1%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	23.1%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeland	Oak Harbor
1-unit, detached	76.5%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	15.6%
20 or more units	5.9%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Freeland	Oak Harbor
Poverty rate	7.9%	8.3%
Average household size	2.15	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1992	1990