County · Washington

Island County, Washington

Island County, Washington has a quality-of-life score of 88 out of 100 (very high), ranking #365 of 3,143 US counties. Within Washington it ranks #3 of 39 counties. It ranks best on food insecurity (low), physical inactivity (low) and high school diploma or higher (high). It ranks worst on cost of buying a home today (high), home price to income ratio (high) and students per teacher (high).

88Very high

Quality-of-life score: #365 of 3,143 counties
Washington: #3 of 39 in WA
Population: 85,657 (2025)
Land area: 209 mi²
Density: 410.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 53029

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

Open in the map Federal contracts here

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety94#199/3,096
Economy88#381/3,143
Housing5#2,996/3,140
Health90#325/3,144
Healthcare70#945/3,143
Environment84#485/3,108
Education67#1,026/3,144
Infrastructure95#152/3,144
Community82#557/3,144
Leisure & amenities79#646/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Island County, Washington ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Food insecurity · low8.2%
100/100Washington 10.5%United States 15.6%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Physical inactivity · low14.7%
99/100Washington 19.0%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
High school diploma or higher · high95.8%
98/100Washington 92.3%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Broadband subscriptions · high94.8%
98/100Washington 93.6%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Hot days · low0 days
97/100Washington 13 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Adult smoking · low10.2%
97/100Washington 12.2%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Cost of buying a home today · high55.1%
2/100Washington 43.5%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Home price to income ratio · high6.6×
3/100Washington 5.8×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Students per teacher · high18.0×
7/100Washington 17.9×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Drug overdose deaths · high13.9 /100k
9/100Washington 32.7 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Child care cost burden · high37.4%
11/100Washington 36.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Rent as share of income · high31.5%
14/100Washington 30.0%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New business applicationsImproving
8.2 /1k (2020) → 15.6 /1k (2025)
+89%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
1.0 /10k (2020) → 1.8 /10k (2025)
+69%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
23.6% (2020 & 2021) → 37.4% (2023 & 2024)
+14 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
41.4% (Dec 2021) → 55.1% (Aug 2026)
+14 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Homicide rateImproving
3.9 /100k (2021) → 2.2 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−44%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Drought exposureWorsening
15% (2021) → 23% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+8.4 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Island County, Washington improved on 9 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 19 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Weekly wage+40%$890 → $1,246
New businesses+89%8.2 /1k → 15.6 /1k
Commute−2.2 min28.4 min → 26.2 min
Unemployment−3.7 points8.3% → 4.6%
Real income+33%$57,370 → $76,074

Declined1

Price / income+1.3×5.2× → 6.6×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Island County, Washington between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.6 /10k2020	6.1 /10k2025	+7.8%	Within the margin of error	55%
Average commute time	28.4 min2015-2019	26.2 min2020-2024	−2.2 min	Improved	90%
Average weekly wage	$8902020	$1,2462025	+40%	Improved	97%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%2015-2019	36.6%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Improved	55%
Broadband subscriptions	90.6%2015-2019	94.8%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Improved	7%
Child poverty rate	9.0%2019	10.0%2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Distance to an airport	54 mi2020	54 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	12.6 /100k2020	13.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+10%	Within the margin of error	18%
Effective property tax rate	0.77%2015-2019	0.66%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	51%
Firearm deaths	13.8 /100k2020	10.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−24%	Within the margin of error	83%
Grocery stores	1.1 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+42%	Within the margin of error	94%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	+69%	Within the margin of error	90%
High school diploma or higher	95.3%2015-2019	95.8%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Home price to income ratio	5.2×2015-2019	6.6×2020-2024	+1.3×	Declined	4%
Income adjusted for local prices	$57,3702019	$76,0742024	+33%	Improved	56%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4232015-2019	0.4202020-2024	−0.003	Within the margin of error	61%
Median household income	$72,1732019	$88,7762024	+23%	Improved	39%
New business applications	8.2 /1k2020	15.6 /1k2025	+89%	Improved	88%
Pharmacies	0.6 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	+22%	Within the margin of error	93%
Poverty rate	7.3%2019	8.6%2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Property crime rate	718 /100k2020	594 /100k2025	−17%	Improved	23%
Public libraries	0.7 /10k2019	0.7 /10k2024	−0.7%	Within the margin of error	52%
Public transit commuters	2.5%2015-2019	2.1%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Rent as share of income	29.7%2015-2019	31.5%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Rent-burdened households	49.3%2015-2019	53.7%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Restaurants and bars	7.6 /10k2020	8.3 /10k2025	+9.3%	Within the margin of error	72%
Students per teacher	18.0×2019	18.0×2024	+0.1×	Little change	23%
Suicide rate	23.0 /100k2020	12.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−44%	Within the margin of error	95%
Traffic deaths	7.0 /100k2015-2019	8.5 /100k2020-2024	+22%	Within the margin of error	31%
Unemployment rate	8.3%2020	4.6%2025	−3.7 points	Improved	78%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.6%2019	7.5%2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Violent crime rate	83 /100k2020	79 /100k2025	−4.7%	Within the margin of error	37%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Island County, Washington five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Island County, Washington in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Island County, Washington itself moved +3.3 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

86,836 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

35,972 households (±647)

Island County, Washington
Washington share

Under $25k11%4,026
$25k–50k13%4,746
$50k–75k16%5,649

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

35,972 households (±647)

Island County, Washington
Washington share

Own75%26,888
Rent25%9,084

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+3.3 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

38,902 workers (±881)

Island County, Washington
Washington share

Drive alone69%26,711
Carpool10.0%3,883
Public transit2.1%†822

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Oak Harbor, WA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Island County has 1,941 employer establishments, 225 for every 10,000 residents (0.91× the US rate of 248; 0.87× Washington's), with 14,486 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,915. The Census Bureau also counts 6,535 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,941; 6,535 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 225; US 248 · Washington 258
Paid employees: 14,486
Average annual pay: $47,915; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Island County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	198	23	1.48×More than typical	914	$64,158	269
Construction of buildings	152	17.6	2.33×More than typical	563	$63,544	198
Restaurants and other eating places	140	16.2	0.88×About typical	1,972	$30,804	21
Lessors of real estate	134	15.5	1.26×More than typical	337	$54,528	721
Ambulatory health care services	117	13.6	0.65×Fewer than typical	762	$55,108	392
Services to buildings and dwellings	102	11.8	1.76×More than typical	370	$41,957	338
Landscaping services	68	7.9	2.25×More than typical	275	$41,731	144
Real estate agents and brokers	68	7.9	1.62×More than typical	128	$58,617	235
Full-service restaurants	66	7.7	1.00×About typical	895	$35,978	9
Building equipment contractors	60	7	1.16×About typical	319	$73,006	38
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	54	6.3	1.99×More than typical	327	$62,128	26
Management, scientific and technical consulting	54	6.3	0.93×About typical	106	$54,443	334

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 86,194 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $78.2M on contracts performed in Island County, Washington: $913 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $78.2M; −48% vs FY2025
Per resident: $913; US $1,994
Sole-source: 75%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$68.1M87%
Defense Logistics Agency$3M3.8%
Defense Health Agency$2.9M3.7%
Department of the Air Force$1.6M2.0%
Defense Commissary Agency$1.5M1.9%
Department of the Army$585.1K0.7%
Defense Information Systems Agency$467.3K0.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs$52K0.1%

Top recipients

SKOOKUM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS$32.1M41%
THE BOEING COMPANY$14.4M18%
ABSHER CONSTRUCTION CO$9.3M12%
RAYTHEON COMPANY$5.8M7.5%
BOEING AEROSPACE OPERATIONS, INC.$4.6M5.9%

Spending by fiscal year

122.7MFY2017
91.5MFY2018
133.5MFY2019
71.5MFY2020
75.7MFY2021
169.8MFY2022
136.7MFY2023
118.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Facilities support services · 5612$32.1M41%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$15.2M19%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$9.3M12%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$5.9M7.5%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$5.5M7.0%
General medical and surgical hospitals · 6221

Largest awards

RENOVATE BEQ-THE REPAIRS ARE REQUIRED TO CORRECT BUILDING DEFICIENCIES INCLUDING MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, ROOFING, STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS, SEISMIC DEFICIENCIES, INTERIOR FINISHES, LIFE SAFETY ISSUES, AND SITE AMENITIES.$88.2M
PACWEST-KORTE JV· Island County, WA· Construction & real property· May 3, 2022 – Nov 3, 2025· N4425522C1500
X005 P260 P-8A AIRCRAFT AIRFIELD PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENTS, NAVAL AIR$55.9M
CMS CORPORATION· Island County, WA· Construction & real property· Jul 27, 2023 – Mar 9, 2026· N4425523F4368
P273 BULK FUEL HYDRANT SYSTEM, NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA.$47.4M
ABSHER CONSTRUCTION CO· Island County, WA· Construction & real property· Sep 24, 2025 – Jun 2, 2026· N4425525C0009

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $846.4M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Island County, Washington: $9,882 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $846.4M; −0.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,882; US $12,955
Loan face value: $85.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$570.4M67%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$150.3M18%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$31.2M3.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$30.2M3.6%
84.041 · Impact Aid$14.5M1.7%
64.028 · Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance$11M1.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$6.9M0.8%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$6.2M0.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

SCHOOL DIST #201 ISLAND COUNTY$14.4M1.7%
OAK HARBOR, WA
WASHINGTON ST DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$7.1M0.8%
OLYMPIA, WA
ISLAND COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY OF$3.5M0.4%
COUPEVILLE, WA
FIBERCLOUD, INC$2.3M0.3%
LANGLEY, WA
WESLEY POINT ASSOCIATES, A WASHINGTON LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$638.7M75%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$171.9M20%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$14.5M1.7%
Federal Highway Administration$7.1M0.8%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$3.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

630.6MFY2021
654.8MFY2022
732.1MFY2023
783.1MFY2024
854MFY2025
846.4MFY2026

County aggregates

96%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Explore grants in Island County, Washington

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Island County, Washington compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Island County, Washington
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Island County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Island County, Washington	United States
FY2017	$1,472	$1,436
FY2018	$1,084	$1,552
FY2019	$1,564	$1,654
FY2020	$821	$1,880
FY2021	$864	$1,810
FY2022	$1,958	$1,917
FY2023	$1,586	$2,079
FY2024	$1,378	$2,047
FY2025	$1,765	$2,165
FY2026	$913 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Island County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Island County, Washington	United States
FY2017	$957	$93.28
FY2018	$692	$105
FY2019	$1,107	$128
FY2020	$661	$145
FY2021	$509	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Island County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Island County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$1,022	$5,748
FY2022	$2,066	$5,221
FY2023	$1,974	$5,364
FY2024	$1,760	$5,501
FY2025	$2,026	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Island County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Island County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$45.15	$298
FY2022	$37.01	$357
FY2023	$77.50	$301
FY2024	$24.87	$319
FY2025	$52.80	$360
FY2026	$83.02

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Island County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Island County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$60.61	$239
FY2022	$57.13	$185
FY2023	$89.69	$229
FY2024	$86.63	$229
FY2025	$73.37	$249
FY2026	$76.78

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Island County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Island County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$2.82	$2,304
FY2022	$5.76	$2,197
FY2023	$11.49	$2,274
FY2024	$40.68	$2,267
FY2025	$8.08	$2,397
FY2026	$8.76

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Island County, Washington and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Island County, Washington	United States
FY2021	$589	$1,186
FY2022	$214	$465
FY2023	$44.18	$76.52
FY2024	$72.05	$120
FY2025	$41.38	$148
FY2026	$104

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Island County, Washington
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Island County, Washington and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Island County, Washington	United States
2014	2.0%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Contracts and grants · FY2022

$2,066 per resident in FY2022, against an earlier average of $1,022 (2× that).

Compared with 11 similar counties

Island County, Washington
Comparison counties (average)

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/53029

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Island County, Washington is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Rick LarsenD-WA-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 3.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Island County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Oak Harbor, WA94Central county

Cities and towns in Island County

Places whose residents live mostly in Island County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Snohomish County, WA76

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
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Year

Island County, Washington

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

−1.9 points

−2.1 points

−3.3 points to −1.0 points

Year −2

−7.3 points

−7.1 points

−9.6 points to −4.7 points

Year −1

0.0 points

0.0 points to 0.0 points

Year 0

+1.1 points

+0.4 points

−1.2 points to +2.4 points

Year +1

−0.5 points

−1.8 points

−3.1 points to −0.6 points

Year +2

−2.3 points

−1.9 points

−3.5 points to +0.5 points

Year

Island County, Washington

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Year

Island County, Washington

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year

Island County, Washington

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Calendar years	Island County, Washington	United States
2014	−5.0%	−4.2%
2015	−2.6%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.6%	+3.3%
2018	+9.2%	+6.8%
2019	+14.5%	+10.5%
2020	+24.1%	+19.4%
2021	+32.9%	+26.1%
2022	+41.6%	+30.6%
2023	+47.8%	+35.0%
2024	+58.0%	+41.0%
2025	+73.8%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Island County, Washington	United States
2014	−5.8%	−5.5%
2015	−2.6%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.8%	+4.1%
2018	+5.9%	+8.9%
2019	+12.3%	+13.5%
2020	+19.4%	+20.8%
2021	+27.9%	+32.1%
2022	+31.7%	+35.4%
2023	+41.1%	+42.9%
2024	+48.9%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Island County, Washington	United States
2014	3.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.5/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.6/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.9/1k	3.9/1k
2018	4.6/1k	4.1/1k
2019	4.3/1k	4.2/1k
2020	5.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.6/1k	5.2/1k
2022	4.5/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.6/1k	4.5/1k
2024	4.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.4/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Island County, Washington	United States
2014	−7.9%	−6.9%
2015	−6.1%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−1.5%	+4.7%
2018	+2.3%	+7.5%
2019	+11.9%	+14.0%
2020	+19.4%	+16.9%
2021	+19.0%	+21.0%
2022	+28.3%	+29.7%
2023	+37.2%	+34.9%
2024	+37.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Island County, Washington	United States
2014	−18.3% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−10.4% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+8.7% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+17.0% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+22.8% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+41.2% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+69.2% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+75.0% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+74.4% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+80.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+80.8% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Island County, Washington	United States
2014	6.4%	6.2%
2015	6.2%	5.3%
2016	6.0%	4.9%
2017	5.4%	4.4%
2018	5.6%	3.9%
2019	5.4%	3.7%
2020	8.3%	8.1%
2021	5.5%	5.4%
2022	4.4%	3.7%
2023	4.2%	3.6%
2024	4.6%	4.0%
2025	4.6%	4.3%

Calendar years	Island County, Washington	United States
2014	10.3%	15.5%
2015	8.4%	14.7%
2016	9.4%	14.0%
2017	9.2%	13.4%
2018	7.5%	13.1%
2019	7.3%	12.3%
2020	6.5%	11.9%
2021	8.1%	12.8%
2022	6.6%	12.6%
2023	8.6%	12.5%
2024	8.6%	12.1%

Calendar years	Island County, Washington	United States
2015	−13.0% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+6.5% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+12.4% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+16.6% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+23.4% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+36.6% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+46.6% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+55.9% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+62.7% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+69.6% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Island County, Washington	United States
2014	10.0%	13.5%
2015	6.2%	10.9%
2016	6.3%	10.0%
2017	6.0%	10.2%
2018	6.6%	10.4%
2019	6.6%	10.8%
2020	7.1%	10.4%
2021	6.5%	10.2%
2022	6.7%	9.5%
2023	6.7%	9.5%
2024	7.5%	9.8%

Calendar years	Island County, Washington	United States
2014	6.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.8/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.1/1k	10.7/1k
2019	7.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	8.2/1k	13.1/1k
2021	10.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.9/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	11.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	15.6/1k	16.6/1k

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved9

Declined1

Counties like Island County, Washington five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 11 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in Island County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved9

Declined1

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

House

Senate

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 11 similar counties

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought