Bremerton vs Poulsbo

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

Bremerton and Poulsbo 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 11,962 in Poulsbo). Poulsbo has the higher median household income ($95,774 vs $74,399 in Bremerton). Poulsbo has the higher median home value ($574,900 vs $409,500 in Bremerton).

Population, income & housing

	Bremerton	Poulsbo
Population	44,531	11,962
Median age	33.0 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,399	$95,774
Median home value	$409,500	$574,900
Median gross rent	$1,535	$1,767
Housing units	18,886	5,304
Homeownership rate	49.0%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bremerton	Poulsbo
Population	40,631 → 44,531 (+9.6%)	10,602 → 11,962 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$52,716 → $74,399 (+41.1%)	$73,388 → $95,774 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$238,600 → $409,500 (+71.6%)	$360,200 → $574,900 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $1,535 (+48.6%)	$1,354 → $1,767 (+30.5%)

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

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)

	Bremerton	Poulsbo
Under 5	6.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	12.6%	12.7%
18 to 24	13.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	21.5%	16.5%
35 to 44	14.4%	10.1%
45 to 54	9.1%	13.8%
55 to 64	9.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	6.6%	11.5%
75 and over	6.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bremerton	Poulsbo
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	74.9%
Black or African American	4.4%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.4%
Asian	5.3%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.9%	0.5%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.7%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bremerton	Poulsbo
No high school diploma	5.7%	4.9%
High school graduate	24.3%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bremerton	Poulsbo
Drove alone	55.6%	58.5%
Carpooled	10.9%	11.6%
Public transit	7.7%	5.9%
Walked	14.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.4%	21.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bremerton	Poulsbo
1-unit, detached	52.6%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	19.3%
20 or more units	13.8%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Bremerton	Poulsbo
Poverty rate	13.5%	9.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1967	1993