Bainbridge Island vs Bremerton

A side-by-side comparison of Bainbridge Island and Bremerton: population, income, housing, and more.

Bainbridge Island and Bremerton are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bremerton has the higher population (44,531 vs 24,607 in Bainbridge Island). Bainbridge Island has the higher median household income ($159,882 vs $74,399 in Bremerton). Bainbridge Island has the higher median home value ($1,076,200 vs $409,500 in Bremerton).

Population, income & housing

	Bainbridge Island	Bremerton
Population	24,607	44,531
Median age	49.0 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$159,882	$74,399
Median home value	$1,076,200	$409,500
Median gross rent	$2,081	$1,535
Housing units	10,728	18,886
Homeownership rate	81.2%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.0%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bainbridge Island	Bremerton
Population	24,486 → 24,607 (+0.5%)	40,631 → 44,531 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$117,990 → $159,882 (+35.5%)	$52,716 → $74,399 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$705,400 → $1,076,200 (+52.6%)	$238,600 → $409,500 (+71.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,555 → $2,081 (+33.8%)	$1,033 → $1,535 (+48.6%)

Bainbridge Island

Population

24,48624,607

Median household income

$117,990$159,882

Median home value

$705,400$1,076,200

Median gross rent

$1,555$2,081

Bremerton

Population

40,63144,531

Median household income

$52,716$74,399

Median home value

$238,600$409,500

Median gross rent

$1,033$1,535

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bainbridge Island	Bremerton
Under 5	4.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	12.6%
18 to 24	4.1%	13.9%
25 to 34	6.4%	21.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.1%
55 to 64	16.6%	9.8%
65 to 74	17.6%	6.6%
75 and over	8.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bainbridge Island	Bremerton
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	64.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.0%
Asian	3.9%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.9%
Some other race	1.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.3%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bainbridge Island	Bremerton
No high school diploma	0.5%	5.7%
High school graduate	7.2%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	39.6%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	35.4%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bainbridge Island	Bremerton
Drove alone	37.5%	55.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	10.9%
Public transit	17.8%	7.7%
Walked	4.7%	14.1%
Bicycle	1.5%	1.1%
Worked from home	33.7%	9.4%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bainbridge Island	Bremerton
1-unit, detached	78.4%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	9.2%
20 or more units	5.3%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Bainbridge Island	Bremerton
Poverty rate	2.7%	13.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	39	28
Median year structure built	1989	1967