
Washington · Census place 78155
Whidbey Island Station, WA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Whidbey Island Station, Washington (Whidbey Island Station, WA — Census place “Whidbey Island Station CDP”) is 2,284 residents, ranking #299 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $42,143, the median home is worth — and median gross rent runs $1,821 a month. Looking for the Whidbey Island Station Washington ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Whidbey Island Station, WA: 98277, 98278.
- Population
- 2,284Whidbey Island Station CDP residents
- Median household income
- $42,143Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,821Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 22 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 0%Owner-occupied households
Whidbey Island Station ZIP codes (Washington)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Whidbey Island Station.
The Whidbey Island Station WA ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Whidbey Island Station CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Whidbey Island Station CDP median would spend about 51.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. Poverty affects 5.7% of residents and 0% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Whidbey Island Station CDP, WA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Whidbey Island Station CDP is a small town in Washington, with 2,284 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #299 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 53% of them. The median age here is 22 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Whidbey Island Station CDP earn a median of $42,143 a year, 46.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 53% below the $90,592 median for the 393 Washington cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 5.7% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Whidbey Island Station CDP is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs $1,821 a month, 29.5% above the national figure, or roughly $21,852 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 51.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is severely stretched — a median-income renter clears the cost-burden line by a wide margin before utilities beyond the gross-rent definition. 0% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
A median age of 22 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.
The Census withheld home value for Whidbey Island Station CDP because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Washington.
- Newport city 2,269
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- Bridgeport city 2,307
- Shadow Lake CDP 2,221
- Lewisville CDP 2,372
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Whidbey Island Station CDP?
- Whidbey Island Station CDP has 2,284 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #299 of 639 in Washington.
- What is the median household income in Whidbey Island Station CDP?
- Median household income in Whidbey Island Station CDP is $42,143 a year, 46.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Whidbey Island Station CDP?
- Median gross rent is $1,821 a month and the median home value is not published, so rent absorbs about 51.9% of median household income.
- Is Whidbey Island Station CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Whidbey Island Station CDP to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
- How current is this Whidbey Island Station CDP data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.