BurleyWA
Established in 1898, this town now has 2,443 residents.
Is Burley a good place to live?
Burley’s best subject grade is an A− for incomes; its weakest is a C− for hazard risk. Burley’s midpoint age is 52.9 years, above both Washington’s towns (38.5 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). Among 286 Washington towns, just 7 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Burley. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 76% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Bandix Dog Park, at 32 acres. Burley has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
100% of working residents leave Burley for work
Where Burley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Burley grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Burley is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Space Needle and 133 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Burley. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
19 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
Big draw28 mi National ParkOlympic National Park3.6M visitors a year
19 mi Ancient siteSeattle UndergroundPhoto credits
Space 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 · T-Mobile Park: MyName (Cacophony), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Olympic National Park: Wsiegmund, CC BY 2.5 · Seattle Underground: Mark Hursh, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Burley: who provides what
Burley is unincorporated, so Kitsap County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Burley.
Burley is healthier than 76% of U.S. towns
The share of adults in Burley who smoke cigarettes: 12%. On the CDC’s 31 measures, Burley is ahead of Washington on 1 and behind on 7. Two figures for adults in the town: 17% get no exercise outside work, 27% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Burley | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 71% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 25% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 31% | 35% |
| What stands out | Burley | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.4% | 8.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.8% | 9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Burley’s public schools outperform 68% of Washington districts
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burley Christian School Secondary PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 229 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
Burley has 0.4 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
The average commute for Burley comes to 33 minutes. Jobs based in Burley grew to 243 in 2023, 101 more than in 2013. Burley: 5.6% of residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Seattle (15%), Gig Harbor (8%) and Bremerton (8%).
| Burley | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $118,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.6% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Burley, with earthquakes at the top
Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 75% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Burley break down as 66% from earthquakes and 28% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A older population than Washington as a whole
26% of residents are 65 or older in Burley. The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 43%, against 40% across Washington.
| Burley | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 26% | 16% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 30% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 18% | 22% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 41% and 62% women
The Census survey reached too few of Burley’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±10.9 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| Burley | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.9% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.4% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.6% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.9% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 7.2% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.8% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 22.6% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.1% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.7% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.2% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.5% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.9% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.6% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.5% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 20.3% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,400, single groups can be off by several points
Mild winters and pleasant summers in Burley
July afternoons reach 77°, January nights drop to 36° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In Burley, 1.9% of the land is conserved
Burley’s density of trails comes in at 0.2 miles per square mile. Across 2 parks and preserves: 0.8 miles of trail.
| Burley | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.9% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bandix Dog Park | 0.7 mi | 32 |
| 2. Horseshoe Lake County Park | — | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Burley sells for about $802K
In Burley, the rent at the middle of the market is $1,976 a month. For households in the town, the share who live in a home they own is 77%.
| Burley | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,976 a month | $1,739 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 77% | 71% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Burley
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Burley
About 2 of every 100 Burley residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
About Burley
Census-designated place in Washington, United States
Burley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. It is located just north of the boundary with Pierce County, about halfway between Gig Harbor to the south and Port Orchard to the north. It is located at the head of the Burley Lagoon in Henderson Bay. Burley is a residential area. The community's population stood at 2,081 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 4.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 33 ft
- ZIP code
- 98322
- Area code
- 360
Questions about Burley
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Burley, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $678,000, 15% above the Washington typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.