Bangor Base vs Poulsbo

A side-by-side comparison of Bangor Base and Poulsbo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Poulsbo has the higher population (11,962 vs 5,931 in Bangor Base). Poulsbo has the higher median household income ($95,774 vs $84,485 in Bangor Base). Since 2019, Poulsbo's population has grown faster (+12.8% vs -8.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bangor Base	Poulsbo
Population	5,931	11,962
Median age	22.6 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,485	$95,774
Median home value	—	$574,900
Median gross rent	$2,314	$1,767
Housing units	1,161	5,304
Homeownership rate	1.0%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bangor Base	Poulsbo
Population	6,506 → 5,931 (-8.8%)	10,602 → 11,962 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$57,134 → $84,485 (+47.9%)	$73,388 → $95,774 (+30.5%)
Median home value	—	$360,200 → $574,900 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,656 → $2,314 (+39.7%)	$1,354 → $1,767 (+30.5%)

Bangor Base

Population

6,5065,931

Median household income

$57,134$84,485

Median gross rent

$1,656$2,314

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)

	Bangor Base	Poulsbo
Under 5	10.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	12.7%
18 to 24	37.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	23.2%	16.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	10.1%
45 to 54	2.6%	13.8%
55 to 64	0.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.5%
75 and over	0.1%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bangor Base	Poulsbo
White (non-Hispanic)	57.3%	74.9%
Black or African American	9.4%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.4%
Asian	2.5%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.5%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.2%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bangor Base	Poulsbo
No high school diploma	2.7%	4.9%
High school graduate	17.2%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	55.4%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bangor Base	Poulsbo
Drove alone	40.0%	58.5%
Carpooled	10.4%	11.6%
Public transit	7.5%	5.9%
Walked	34.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.1%	21.5%
Other means	1.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bangor Base	Poulsbo
1-unit, detached	11.9%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	47.3%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	34.5%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	19.3%
20 or more units	0.8%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Bangor Base	Poulsbo
Poverty rate	2.7%	9.5%
Average household size	3.41	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	16	26
Median year structure built	1979	1993