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SheetWA-WHIDBEY-ISLAND-STATION-WA · Whidbey Island Station, WA 2,284 pop · income 10th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Whidbey Island Station
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Whidbey Island Station on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Newport · lowest
41,733
Newport · lowest
41,733 median HH income
24.6% of the leader · rank #1
Whidbey Islan… · this city
42,143
Whidbey Islan… · this city
42,143 median HH income
24.9% of the leader · rank #2
Onycha · near
42,143
Onycha · near
42,143 median HH income
24.9% of the leader · rank #3
Sultana · near
42,143
Sultana · near
42,143 median HH income
24.9% of the leader · rank #4
Dunmor · near
42,143
Dunmor · near
42,143 median HH income
24.9% of the leader · rank #5
Mentor · near
42,143
Mentor · near
42,143 median HH income
24.9% of the leader · rank #6
Wayne · highest
169,583
Wayne · highest
169,583 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Whidbey Island Station on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 2,284.
Nationally, Whidbey Island Station sits in the 10th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
10th
percentile, household income
70th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Whidbey Island Station, WA
Washington's Whidbey Island Station is a small town, with 2,284 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $42,143 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 12.1%. The median resident age is 22.0 years. 12.5% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 3.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Washington carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Washington scores 107.0 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,472 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Washington run around $188, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Commute times here average 5.8 minutes, with 60.4% driving alone and 0.4% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 70.0 out of 100 (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Whidbey Island Station's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Whidbey Island Station, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Whidbey Island Station?
Within Washington, the closest population matches are Castle Rock (2,298 residents, $65,272 income); Newport (2,269 residents, $41,733 income); Cosmopolis (2,301 residents, $80,132 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Bowdon, GA (2,284 residents); Mount Zion, GA (2,284 residents); Wayne, IL (2,284 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in Whidbey Island Station?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 60.4%. The reported mean trip to work is 5.8 minutes.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 12.1% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.0 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Washington average
F
City profile score · Whidbey Island Station, WA
17/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate F
12.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
107.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share F
12.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$42,143
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Whidbey Island Station profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 31/100 (F) · 12.1%
Cost of living: 15/100 (F) · 107.0 index
Bachelor's+ share: 13/100 (F) · 12.5%
Household income: 10/100 (F) · $42,143
How does Whidbey Island Station compare to other US cities?
Here's how Whidbey Island Station stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income10% higher than other cities
Median rent70% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Whidbey Island Station against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Washington only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Washington-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Whidbey Island Station near the bottom of Washington's cities
Among the 599 Washington cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Whidbey Island Station ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Whidbey Island Station only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#543 of 565
4th percentile in Washington
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 599
0th percentile in Washington
Poverty Rate
#117 of 598
80th percentile in Washington
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#513 of 599
14th percentile in Washington
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Washington only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
10th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$42,143Whidbey Island Station, WA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Whidbey Island Station, WA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Whidbey Island Station, WA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)12.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)12.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)3.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,284
Median Income
$42,143
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
22.0
Poverty Rate
12.1%
Labor force participation
3.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
12.5%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
5.8 minutes
Drive Alone
60.4%
Carpool
18.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
21.1%
Work from Home
0.4%
Based on 2,164 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Washington statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $188
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Washington at $188 (electricity about $85 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Washington statewide averages, not a meter reading for Whidbey Island Station. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Washington's BEA cost-of-living index is 107.0 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Whidbey Island Station is $1,472/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Washington statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 70.0 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Washington statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Whidbey Island Station sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Whidbey Island Station compares to similar-size Washington cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.