Freeland, Washington.
Typical home $730,985 (-0.9% in a year). Oak Harbor, WA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,009 (+110%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $6,673 -1%
- $737,658$730,985 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $45,326 +7%
- $685,659$730,985 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Freeland$3,837
- Washington$3,084
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 54 years.
Typical home values in Freeland, WA fell 0.9% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Freeland, Island County, Washington
Freeland, in Island County, had 2,252 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $83,241 a year and half less, against $90,551 across Island County; 12% of its people live below the poverty line. 73% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 27% are rented. Unemployment in Island County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Island County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Freeland is a small community on Whidbey Island, in Island County. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and household incomes run somewhat below the county's, with more people living below the poverty line than a household-income picture alone might suggest. A good share of adults hold a four-year degree, and homes here are valued well above what is typical across much of the country.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in professional and business services, shops and manufacturing. WhidbeyHealth Medical Center, MWSH Freeland and DM Custom Homes are among the largest workplaces in Freeland. Across Island County, unemployment is a little lower than a year ago, though there were slightly fewer jobs last year than the year before.
Things to do. South Whidbey State Park, a protected area, is in or beside town, and Fort Flagler Historical State Park is a short drive away. Fort Casey, a fort, and Olympic National Forest are a longer drive away. Winters are cold and damp but rarely snowy, and summers stay mild, so time outdoors is comfortable through much of the year.
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- 852households
- 35%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
What people in Island County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Island County had 18,140 jobs in 2025, 0.7% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 45° and lows near 38°; warmest in August, with highs near 73° and lows near 54°. About 1 inches of snow and 19 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Port Townsend weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Freeland
- WhidbeyHealth Medical CenterPhysicians' offices36
- MWSH FreelandAssisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities33
- DM Custom HomesResidential construction, single-family, general contractors20
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 89 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LandslidesRelatively high
- Coastal floodingRelatively high
- EarthquakesRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Freeland’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Island County and the Oak Harbor, WA metro.
Freeland home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Freeland$730,985
- Washington$587,533
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Freeland listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Freeland27.90%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Freeland43
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Freeland12
Zip codes with a Freeland address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Freeland — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.