Bremerton vs Port Orchard

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

Bremerton and Port Orchard 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 16,398 in Port Orchard). Port Orchard has the higher median household income ($81,472 vs $74,399 in Bremerton). Port Orchard has the higher median home value ($492,000 vs $409,500 in Bremerton).

Population, income & housing

	Bremerton	Port Orchard
Population	44,531	16,398
Median age	33.0 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,399	$81,472
Median home value	$409,500	$492,000
Median gross rent	$1,535	$1,760
Housing units	18,886	7,061
Homeownership rate	49.0%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bremerton	Port Orchard
Population	40,631 → 44,531 (+9.6%)	14,062 → 16,398 (+16.6%)
Median household income	$52,716 → $74,399 (+41.1%)	$69,962 → $81,472 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$238,600 → $409,500 (+71.6%)	$324,200 → $492,000 (+51.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $1,535 (+48.6%)	$1,225 → $1,760 (+43.7%)

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

Port Orchard

Population

14,06216,398

Median household income

$69,962$81,472

Median home value

$324,200$492,000

Median gross rent

$1,225$1,760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bremerton	Port Orchard
Under 5	6.1%	8.8%
5 to 17	12.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	13.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	21.5%	21.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	9.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	9.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.9%
75 and over	6.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bremerton	Port Orchard
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	71.4%
Black or African American	4.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.3%
Asian	5.3%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.9%	2.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	9.7%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bremerton	Port Orchard
No high school diploma	5.7%	5.5%
High school graduate	24.3%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bremerton	Port Orchard
Drove alone	55.6%	70.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	10.1%
Public transit	7.7%	7.0%
Walked	14.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	9.2%
Other means	1.3%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bremerton	Port Orchard
1-unit, detached	52.6%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	16.6%
20 or more units	13.8%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Bremerton	Port Orchard
Poverty rate	13.5%	13.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1967	1995