Metro area · Washington

Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA metro area

Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA is a metropolitan area of 1 county in Washington, home to 283,374 residents. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA metro area has a quality-of-life score of 91 out of 100 (very high), ranking #88 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in Washington it ranks #3 of 21. It ranks best on broadband subscriptions (high), public transit commuters (high) and physical inactivity (low). It ranks worst on average commute time (high), home price to income ratio (high) and distance to an emergency room (high).

91Very high
Quality-of-life score
#88 of 925 metro and micro areas
Washington
#3 of 21 in WA
Population
283,374 (2025)
Land area
395 mi²
Density
717.2 /mi²
CBSA code
14740

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 68 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA metro area

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

  • Safety79#192/924
  • Economy96#34/925
  • Housing15#784/925
  • Health92#71/925
  • Healthcare77#212/923
  • Environment97#33/917
  • Education94#60/925
  • Infrastructure93#70/925
  • Community58#385/925
  • Leisure & amenities64#336/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Weaknesses

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Metro and micro areas like Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Federal contract spending

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Counties in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

  1. Kitsap CountyCentral county88283,374

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. BremertonPrincipal city44,830
  2. Port OrchardPrincipal city17,149
  3. SilverdalePrincipal city20,685

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

  1. Bremerton44,830
  2. Bainbridge Island24,631
  3. Silverdale20,685
  4. Port Orchard17,149
  5. Poulsbo12,165
  6. Parkwood6,873
  7. Tracyton6,137
  8. Bangor Base6,112
  9. Manchester5,956
  10. East Port Orchard4,725
  11. Bethel4,394
  12. Suquamish4,084
  13. Indianola3,468
  14. Hansville3,384
  15. Chico3,336
  16. Navy Yard City2,672
  17. Kingston2,496
  18. Burley2,443
  19. Enetai2,387
  20. Southworth2,286
  21. Kitsap Lake2,186
  22. Lofall1,800
  23. Rocky Point1,716
  24. Erlands Point854

Other metro and micro areas in Washington

Areas based in Washington, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

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