East Port Orchard vs Suquamish

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

East Port Orchard and Suquamish are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Port Orchard has the higher population (5,581 vs 4,515 in Suquamish). Suquamish has the higher median household income ($83,856 vs $72,639 in East Port Orchard). Suquamish has the higher median home value ($428,100 vs $394,100 in East Port Orchard).

Population, income & housing

	East Port Orchard	Suquamish
Population	5,581	4,515
Median age	38.5 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,639	$83,856
Median home value	$394,100	$428,100
Median gross rent	$1,632	$1,392
Housing units	2,147	2,041
Homeownership rate	58.1%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Port Orchard	Suquamish
Population	5,407 → 5,581 (+3.2%)	4,395 → 4,515 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$64,375 → $72,639 (+12.8%)	$64,509 → $83,856 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$234,300 → $394,100 (+68.2%)	$278,100 → $428,100 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,297 → $1,632 (+25.8%)	$1,121 → $1,392 (+24.2%)

East Port Orchard

Population

5,4075,581

Median household income

$64,375$72,639

Median home value

$234,300$394,100

Median gross rent

$1,297$1,632

Suquamish

Population

4,3954,515

Median household income

$64,509$83,856

Median home value

$278,100$428,100

Median gross rent

$1,121$1,392

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Port Orchard	Suquamish
Under 5	3.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.2%	13.6%
18 to 24	13.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	13.1%
35 to 44	17.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	15.1%
75 and over	3.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Port Orchard	Suquamish
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	68.2%
Black or African American	5.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	8.2%
Asian	8.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	8.5%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Port Orchard	Suquamish
No high school diploma	5.5%	6.2%
High school graduate	29.6%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Port Orchard	Suquamish
Drove alone	77.3%	67.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	9.5%
Public transit	8.2%	4.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.8%	14.7%
Other means	1.8%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Port Orchard	Suquamish
1-unit, detached	67.1%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	East Port Orchard	Suquamish
Poverty rate	11.4%	10.3%
Average household size	2.70	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1978	1983