County profile
Island County, WA
United States · GDP 2024
#743 of 3,127 US counties by GDP68th-percentile growthmore diversified than 73% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
14,486
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,941
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
85,657
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$90.6k±$4.0k
Bachelor's degree+
36.6%±1.6%
Poverty rate
7.7%±1.0%
Business applications
1,333 · 2025
Retail establishments
224
26.1/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care26%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation21%
Construction14%
Other services8%
Professional services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
85,657
residents · 2025 · -1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $74.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,055
International migration+582
Natural change−754
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.4B2019
$3.6B2020
$4.0B2021
$4.1B2022
$4.4B2023
$4.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$593.3k±$14.9k
Median gross rent
$1.7k/mo±$53/mo
Vacancy rate
15.8%±1.5%
Affordability
10.8× wages
Residential permits
$75.7M
209 units · 2.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
78.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 100Earthquake 96Volcanic 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
7972016
8742017
9462018
9972019
10522020
11972021
14082022
14782023
15302024
15642025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -48% since 20214012021
3942022
2242023
4022024
2092025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
23.5 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
10.0 km
ARR
Nearest port
7.7 km
WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES, KEYSTONE FERRY TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
35.1 km
SEATTLE PAINE FLD INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.1k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Island?
Island's economy produced $4.7B in 2024, growing 6.0% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.