Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 45,482, settled in 1891.
Bremerton's standout: it is among the most walkable places in the country. Overall it grades C−, ranked 213th of 285 in Washington. It is healthier than 76% of U.S. towns and it has 23 miles of trail and 37% conserved land. Its weakest subject is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 80% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. 37% of the land in Bremerton is conserved, where Washington’s towns sit at 4% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Bremerton has 10 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Navy Yard Puget Sound and Marine Reservation Historic District. Bremerton's crime rate is higher than 85% of U.S. towns, with 149 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025.
Where Bremerton beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Bremerton is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for hazard risk (better than 14%), so the C− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Navy Yard Puget Sound is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 2,993 in 1910, 43,505 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1903 and 5 maps from 1937 on.
10 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bremerton. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
Big draw21 mi National ParkOlympic National Park3.6M visitors a year
18 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
in town MuseumUSS Turner JoySpace Needle: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Climate Pledge Arena: Sea Cow, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lumen Field: "Smart Destinations", GoSeattleCard.com, and Go Seattle Card Blog, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Olympic National Park: Wsiegmund, CC BY 2.5 · T-Mobile Park: MyName (Cacophony), CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Turner Joy: Keysgoclick, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bremerton, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Bremerton.
Bremerton keeps more of its land conserved than most of Washington, has cooler summers than nearly all U.S. towns and fares better on crime within Washington than nationally.
Its 7,631 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 99% of Washington towns.
Across 27 parks and preserves: 23 miles of trail. The biggest place to walk is Ueland Tree Farm, 478 acres with 2.9 miles of trail. The density of trails in Bremerton is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ueland Tree Farm | 2.9 mi | 478 |
| 2. Madrona Trails | 1.7 mi | 22 |
| 3. Evergreen Rotary Park | 0.8 mi | 19 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Two of its 15 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Its public schools are run by the Bremerton School District. Public school enrollment locally: 2,269 students across 6 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 856 | – |
| Bremerton High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,263 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
At 41.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 73% of Washington’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 1,422 to 1,247 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Bremerton’s level of violent crime stands at 3.3 per 1,000 residents. The property crime rate for Bremerton comes to 24 per 1,000 residents, above both the Washington town median (15) and the median of U.S. towns (9.9).
| Bremerton | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 24 per 1,000 residents | 15 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.3 per 1,000 residents | 1.5 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Of the losses FEMA expects in Bremerton, 85% come from earthquakes and 11% from inland flooding. The national flood insurance program has paid 9 claims here since 1982. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Bremerton after 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2007.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Within Washington it is healthier than 51% of the 285 graded towns: Washington sets a high bar.
In Bremerton, 19% of adults report frequent mental distress. CDC measures, 31 in all: Bremerton beats Washington on 2 and trails on 10.
| Bremerton | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 68% | 71% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 31% | 35% |
| What stands out | Bremerton | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with high cholesterol | 29.9% | 34.9% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7% | 7.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12% | 9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
July afternoons average 75.7°, cooler than in 98% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.3°.
In Bremerton, the midsummer high is 76°F. About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Bremerton | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 76°F | 77°F | 85°F |
| January low | 35°F | 35°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Among renter households in Bremerton, 58% spend 30% or more of their income on rent. The town’s midpoint rent comes in at $1,641 a month. Homes sold in Bremerton spent a median 13 days on the market.
| Bremerton | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 48% | 71% | 73% |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 58% | 51% | 48% |
| Median rent | $1,641 a month | $1,740 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Bremerton has about as many jobs (15,732) as working residents, but only 2,810 people both live and work here.
For residents here, the share who live below the poverty line is 14%. The top destinations are Seattle (16%), Silverdale (7%) and Tacoma (5%). Employers in Bremerton added 1,412 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 15,732.
| Bremerton | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 19% | 4.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $75,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 12% | 15% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
1 within 15 miles of the center of Bremerton
About 6 of every 100 Bremerton residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Washington.
37,729 counted in 2010 and 43,505 in 2020; an estimated 45,482 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
10 places in Bremerton on the National Register of Historic Places.
31 notable people were born in Bremerton.
City in Washington, United States
Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. The population was 43,505 at the 2020 census and an estimated 44,122 in 2021, making it the largest city on the Kitsap Peninsula. Bremerton is home to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and the Bremerton Annex of Naval Base Kitsap. The city lies west of Seattle and is connected by an automobile ferry operated by Washington State Ferries and a passenger-only ferry operated by Kitsap Transit. Bremerton spans the Port Washington Narrows and extends inland along Sinclair Inlet opposite from Port Orchard.
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8 towns share a border with Bremerton.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bremerton | #213 | C− | C− | C− | B− | A− |
| Rocky Point | — | — | C− | — | C− | A− |
| Navy Yard City | #224 | C− | C | — | C− | B− |
| Enetai | — | — | C | — | C− | B+ |
| Kitsap Lake | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | B+ |
| Tracyton | #42 | B+ | C− | — | B+ | A− |
| Gorst | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Port Orchard | #181 | C | D | C− | B+ | B+ |
Rocky Point, Enetai and Kitsap Lake have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Rocky Point, Navy Yard City, Enetai, Kitsap Lake and Tracyton report no FBI crime data of their own. Gorst isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bremerton with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Bremerton grades C− overall, better than 24% of U.S. towns and #213 of 285 in Washington. It grades A− for health, C− for safety and B− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. That is 4.6 years of the area's median household income ($104,158 across the Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA metro area).
31 notable people were born here, including Mike Enzi and Nathan Adrian.
