Whidbey Island StationWA
A town in Washington, home to 2,027 people.
Is Whidbey Island Station a good place to live?
Whidbey Island Station’s best subject grades are an A+ for walkability and an A for health; its weakest is a D for hazard risk. Whidbey Island Station’s typical journey to work is 7 minutes, where Washington’s towns sit at 27 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. On walkability, just 4 of Washington’s 396 towns do better. Whidbey Island Station has 8 places on the National Register. Only 15 of Washington’s 397 towns score lower on the outdoors. Whidbey Island Station has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Whidbey Island Station stand out
Where Whidbey Island Station beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Whidbey Island Station | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 1% | 7.9% |
Every workday, about 446 people come to Whidbey Island Station for work
Where Whidbey Island Station’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Whidbey Island Station grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Whidbey Island Station is from typical.
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Moving to Whidbey Island Station: who provides what
Whidbey Island Station 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Whidbey Island Station.
Whidbey Island Station’s schools rank ahead of 67% of Washington districts
It has one school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
A job hub: Whidbey Island Station has 1.6 jobs for every working resident and draws in 446 commuters
Since 2013, Whidbey Island Station has added 97 jobs, to 446 in 2023. Half the trips to work are shorter than 50 miles. The top destinations are Seattle (15%), Oak Harbor (5%) and Bellingham (3%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A smaller share of adults in Whidbey Island Station have high blood pressure than in the typical Washington or U.S. town
8.3% of Whidbey Island Station adults report frequent physical distress. Of the 286 Washington towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults who have diabetes than Whidbey Island Station. This Washington town beats the Washington average on 12 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 15.
| Whidbey Island Station | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 2% | 9.8% | 12% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 17% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 8.3% | 13% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Whidbey Island Station | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 1% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 4.8% | 24.4% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 13.8% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Whidbey Island Station faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by earthquakes
In Whidbey Island Station, the risk rating from FEMA is 87 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 90% come from earthquakes and 9% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Whidbey Island Station: four seasons and pleasant summers
The July high for Whidbey Island Station comes to 71°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0% of Whidbey Island Station is conserved land
The trail density in Whidbey Island Station is 0.2 miles per square mile. In 3 parks and preserves, walkers have 1.0 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Joseph Whidbey State Park | — | 1 |
| 2. Gateway Park | — | 1 |
| 3. Hyde Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Olympic National Park and 26 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Whidbey Island Station. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi National ParkOlympic National Park3.6M visitors a year
15 mi LandmarkFort Worden
13 mi LandmarkFort Casey
33 mi Stadium & arenaAngel of the Winds Arena
26 mi BeachDungeness Spit
36 mi MuseumFlying Heritage CollectionPhoto credits
Olympic National Park: Wsiegmund, CC BY 2.5 · Fort Worden: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Casey: mikelehen, CC BY 2.0 · Angel of the Winds Arena: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dungeness Spit: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Flying Heritage Collection: nsimpson, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Everything we know about Whidbey Island Station
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Whidbey Island Station; the nearest are
About 12 of every 100 Whidbey Island Station residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
About Whidbey Island Station
U.S. Navy airbase in Washington state
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) (IATA: NUW, ICAO: KNUW, FAA LID: NUW) is a naval air station of the United States Navy located on two pieces of land near Oak Harbor, on Whidbey Island, in Island County, Washington. The main portion of the base, Ault Field, is about three miles north of Oak Harbor. The other section, called the Seaplane base for the PBY Catalina flying boats once based there, holds most of the island's Navy housing as well as the air station's main Navy Exchange and DeCA Commissary. The NASWI commanding officer also has command of a satellite airfield, Naval Outlying Landing Field (NOLF) Coupeville, on central Whidbey Island at 48°11′24″N 122°37′48″W, roughly nine m…
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- Elevation
- 46 ft
- ZIP code
- 98278
Whidbey Island Station’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Whidbey Island Station.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whidbey Island Station | — | — | — | — | B+ | A |
| Oak Harbor | #123 | B− | D | B | B+ | A− |
Whidbey Island Station has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Whidbey Island Station reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Whidbey Island Station with a neighbor →