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Port Orchard is a small city of 17,149 people in Kitsap County, Washington. It's about 4 miles from Bremerton, WA and 14 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 77°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 3 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $540k and rent runs about $2k a month.
17,149people
$540kTypical home
$1,797/moRent
77° / 47°Summer / winter
3"Snow
169Sunny days
167Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 17,149
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,778 people per sq mi
- 14 mi to Seattle, WA
- 4 mi to Bremerton, WA
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $540k (≈$3,403/mo)
- Median rent $1,797/mo
- Median household income $90k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 77°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 55°F)
- 169 sunny days a year (62 totally clear)
- 196 cloudy days a year
- 65 of 90 winter days are gray
- 167 days a year with rain or snow
- 3" of snow a year
- 1 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (286 per 100k)
- Above-average property crime (2,149 per 100k)
People
- Median age 35
- 34% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 35% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 33 min
- 10% walk or take transit to work
- 16 mi to BFI airport
- 16 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 23 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 70% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1999
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 121 ft
- Right on the coast
- 105 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 56 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 56 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 2,926 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 341 bars within 25 mi
- 1,096 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 38 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 86 museums within 25 mi
- 55 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 2 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 47% of Washington districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 9 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Kitsap County: D+21 in 2024
- Washington: D+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk