Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 17,303, settled in 1903.
Camano’s weakest subject is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $671K, 7.4 years of the Oak Harbor area’s $91K median household income. Where it does best is health (A): it is healthier than 85% of U.S. towns. All told, that adds up to a B− overall and a rank of 141st of 285 in Washington. That leaves it better than 46% of U.S. towns. This Washington town has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Cama Beach Resort and Montague and McHugh Building. 34% of residents are 65 or older here, where Washington’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 18%. Cama Beach State Park, at 493 acres with 4.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Its mean commuting time is 42 minutes, above both Washington’s towns (27 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes).
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places · OpenStreetMap.
Where Camano beats most towns.
Where Camano’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Camano is from typical.
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Census counts: 58 in 1860, 17,356 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1915 and 3 maps from 1939 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Camano. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
Big draw37 mi National ParkOlympic National Park3.6M visitors a year
39 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
39 mi Ancient siteSeattle UndergroundSpace Needle: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Climate Pledge Arena: Sea Cow, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lumen Field: "Smart Destinations", GoSeattleCard.com, and Go Seattle Card Blog, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Olympic National Park: Wsiegmund, CC BY 2.5 · T-Mobile Park: MyName (Cacophony), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Seattle Underground: Mark Hursh, CC BY-SA 3.0
Camano is unincorporated, so Island County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Camano.
Camano has cooler summers than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Everett and beyond, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Washington.
Among adults in Camano, 6.6% worry about having enough food. Against the Washington average, Camano comes out ahead on 14 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 7. In Camano, 28% of adults sleep under 7 hours, and 14% report frequent mental distress.
| Camano | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 33% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 25% |
| What stands out | Camano | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.4% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.6% | 10.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 13.1% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Stanwood-Camano School District. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utsalady ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 391 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
A bachelor’s degree or higher: just over a third of adults 25 and older, vs 40% across Washington. For residents in Camano, the share who are under 18 is 13%. Among 285 Washington towns, just 5 have a higher share of residents 65 or older than Camano.
| Camano | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 34% | 16% | 18% |
| Median age | 56.8 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 13% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 30% | 29% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.6 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women. Median age: women 58.7, men 54.8.
| Camano | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.1% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.8% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.9% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.5% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.5% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.9% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.2% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 21.1% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 13% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.1% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.7% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.7% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.3% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.5% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.8% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Camano has 1,462 jobs for its 6,806 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 42 minutes, against 26.6 across Washington.
In Camano, the middle household income is $105,000. Only 8% of working residents stay in Camano for work; the rest commute out. Jobs based in Camano grew to 1,462 in 2023, 804 more than in 2013. Among 285 Washington towns, just 5 have a higher mean commuting time than Camano.
| Camano | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 42 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 20% | 15% | 11% |
| Median household income | $105,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.7% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons average 73.2°, cooler than in 99% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.4°.
For Camano, the typical July afternoon high is 73°F. About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Camano | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 73°F | 77°F | 85°F |
| January low | 35°F | 35°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
There are 29 miles of trail across 17 parks and preserves. The trail density in Camano is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Camano | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.7% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Camano Island State Park | 4.9 mi | 253 |
| 2. Cama Beach State Park | 4.8 mi | 493 |
| 3. Camano Ridge | 3.6 mi | 402 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Of the losses FEMA expects in Camano, 40% come from earthquakes and 28% from landslides. On expected storm and flood damage, Camano sits above 54% of U.S. communities. The town has had 79 paid flood insurance claims since 1981.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 7.4 years of the Oak Harbor area’s $91K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 79% of Washington towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living.
In Camano, 90% of households own their home. The town’s midpoint rent is $1,896 a month. Also worth knowing: a home in Camano typically sold within 42 days of listing.
| Camano | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 70% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,896 a month | $1,737 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
None within 15 miles of Camano; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Camano residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
4 places in Camano on the National Register of Historic Places.
Island and CDP in Washington, United States
Camano Island is a large island in Possession Sound, a section of Puget Sound. It is part of Island County, Washington, and is located between Whidbey Island and the mainland (Snohomish County) by the Saratoga Passage to the west and Port Susan and Davis Slough to the east. The island has one road connection to the mainland, via State Route 532 over the Camano Gateway Bridge at the northeast end of the island, connecting to the city of Stanwood. The island has a total area of 39.77 square miles (103.0 km2), making it one of the largest in the state of Washington. It has a year-round population of 15,661 as of the 2010 census. The population peaks at over 17,000 during the summer months due …
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Camano grades B− overall, better than 46% of U.S. towns and #141 of 285 in Washington. It grades A for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $671,000, 14% above the Washington typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
