Parkwood vs Port Orchard

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

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

Port Orchard has the higher population (16,398 vs 6,976 in Parkwood). Parkwood has the higher median household income ($92,188 vs $81,472 in Port Orchard). Port Orchard has the higher median home value ($492,000 vs $418,100 in Parkwood).

Population, income & housing

	Parkwood	Port Orchard
Population	6,976	16,398
Median age	39.4 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$92,188	$81,472
Median home value	$418,100	$492,000
Median gross rent	$1,746	$1,760
Housing units	2,931	7,061
Homeownership rate	62.7%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parkwood	Port Orchard
Population	7,113 → 6,976 (-1.9%)	14,062 → 16,398 (+16.6%)
Median household income	$60,051 → $92,188 (+53.5%)	$69,962 → $81,472 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$266,900 → $418,100 (+56.7%)	$324,200 → $492,000 (+51.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,154 → $1,746 (+51.3%)	$1,225 → $1,760 (+43.7%)

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

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)

	Parkwood	Port Orchard
Under 5	4.3%	8.8%
5 to 17	18.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	3.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	16.0%	21.0%
35 to 44	17.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	10.3%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.9%
75 and over	9.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parkwood	Port Orchard
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	71.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	5.7%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	2.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.9%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parkwood	Port Orchard
No high school diploma	7.5%	5.5%
High school graduate	30.0%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parkwood	Port Orchard
Drove alone	75.2%	70.7%
Carpooled	13.9%	10.1%
Public transit	1.5%	7.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	9.2%
Other means	3.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parkwood	Port Orchard
1-unit, detached	68.1%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	16.6%
20 or more units	7.4%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Parkwood	Port Orchard
Poverty rate	4.4%	13.8%
Average household size	2.53	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1979	1995