Port Orchard vs Poulsbo

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

Port Orchard and Poulsbo 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 11,962 in Poulsbo). Poulsbo has the higher median household income ($95,774 vs $81,472 in Port Orchard). Poulsbo has the higher median home value ($574,900 vs $492,000 in Port Orchard).

Population, income & housing

	Port Orchard	Poulsbo
Population	16,398	11,962
Median age	32.9 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,472	$95,774
Median home value	$492,000	$574,900
Median gross rent	$1,760	$1,767
Housing units	7,061	5,304
Homeownership rate	58.9%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Orchard	Poulsbo
Population	14,062 → 16,398 (+16.6%)	10,602 → 11,962 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$69,962 → $81,472 (+16.5%)	$73,388 → $95,774 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$324,200 → $492,000 (+51.8%)	$360,200 → $574,900 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,225 → $1,760 (+43.7%)	$1,354 → $1,767 (+30.5%)

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

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)

	Port Orchard	Poulsbo
Under 5	8.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	12.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	21.0%	16.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.1%
45 to 54	9.7%	13.8%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.5%
75 and over	5.7%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Orchard	Poulsbo
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	74.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	4.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.1%	0.5%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.1%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Orchard	Poulsbo
No high school diploma	5.5%	4.9%
High school graduate	24.3%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Orchard	Poulsbo
Drove alone	70.7%	58.5%
Carpooled	10.1%	11.6%
Public transit	7.0%	5.9%
Walked	1.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.2%	21.5%
Other means	1.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Orchard	Poulsbo
1-unit, detached	65.3%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	19.3%
20 or more units	8.5%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Port Orchard	Poulsbo
Poverty rate	13.8%	9.5%
Average household size	2.41	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1995	1993