Bainbridge Island vs Poulsbo

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

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

Bainbridge Island has the higher population (24,607 vs 11,962 in Poulsbo). Bainbridge Island has the higher median household income ($159,882 vs $95,774 in Poulsbo). Bainbridge Island has the higher median home value ($1,076,200 vs $574,900 in Poulsbo).

Population, income & housing

	Bainbridge Island	Poulsbo
Population	24,607	11,962
Median age	49.0 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$159,882	$95,774
Median home value	$1,076,200	$574,900
Median gross rent	$2,081	$1,767
Housing units	10,728	5,304
Homeownership rate	81.2%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.0%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bainbridge Island	Poulsbo
Population	24,486 → 24,607 (+0.5%)	10,602 → 11,962 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$117,990 → $159,882 (+35.5%)	$73,388 → $95,774 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$705,400 → $1,076,200 (+52.6%)	$360,200 → $574,900 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,555 → $2,081 (+33.8%)	$1,354 → $1,767 (+30.5%)

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

Poulsbo

Population

10,60211,962

Median household income

$73,388$95,774

Median home value

$360,200$574,900

Median gross rent

$1,354$1,767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bainbridge Island	Poulsbo
Under 5	4.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.6%	12.7%
18 to 24	4.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	6.4%	16.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	16.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	17.6%	11.5%
75 and over	8.7%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bainbridge Island	Poulsbo
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	3.9%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bainbridge Island	Poulsbo
No high school diploma	0.5%	4.9%
High school graduate	7.2%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	39.6%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	35.4%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bainbridge Island	Poulsbo
Drove alone	37.5%	58.5%
Carpooled	4.1%	11.6%
Public transit	17.8%	5.9%
Walked	4.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	33.7%	21.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bainbridge Island	Poulsbo
1-unit, detached	78.4%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	19.3%
20 or more units	5.3%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Bainbridge Island	Poulsbo
Poverty rate	2.7%	9.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	39	26
Median year structure built	1989	1993