Bremerton vs Parkwood

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

Bremerton and Parkwood 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 6,976 in Parkwood). Parkwood has the higher median household income ($92,188 vs $74,399 in Bremerton). Parkwood has the higher median home value ($418,100 vs $409,500 in Bremerton).

Population, income & housing

	Bremerton	Parkwood
Population	44,531	6,976
Median age	33.0 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,399	$92,188
Median home value	$409,500	$418,100
Median gross rent	$1,535	$1,746
Housing units	18,886	2,931
Homeownership rate	49.0%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bremerton	Parkwood
Population	40,631 → 44,531 (+9.6%)	7,113 → 6,976 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$52,716 → $74,399 (+41.1%)	$60,051 → $92,188 (+53.5%)
Median home value	$238,600 → $409,500 (+71.6%)	$266,900 → $418,100 (+56.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $1,535 (+48.6%)	$1,154 → $1,746 (+51.3%)

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

Parkwood

Population

7,1136,976

Median household income

$60,051$92,188

Median home value

$266,900$418,100

Median gross rent

$1,154$1,746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bremerton	Parkwood
Under 5	6.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.6%	18.9%
18 to 24	13.9%	3.1%
25 to 34	21.5%	16.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	17.4%
45 to 54	9.1%	8.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.6%
75 and over	6.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bremerton	Parkwood
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	69.8%
Black or African American	4.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.6%
Asian	5.3%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.9%	1.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	9.7%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bremerton	Parkwood
No high school diploma	5.7%	7.5%
High school graduate	24.3%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bremerton	Parkwood
Drove alone	55.6%	75.2%
Carpooled	10.9%	13.9%
Public transit	7.7%	1.5%
Walked	14.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.9%
Worked from home	9.4%	4.6%
Other means	1.3%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bremerton	Parkwood
1-unit, detached	52.6%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	11.7%
20 or more units	13.8%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Bremerton	Parkwood
Poverty rate	13.5%	4.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1967	1979