East Port OrchardWA
4,725 residents make their home in this town in Washington.
Is East Port Orchard a good place to live?
The weak point is cost of living (C) — the typical home is worth about $436K, 4.2 years of the Bremerton metro’s $104K median household income. It lags on hazard risk as well: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than nearly four fifths of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. Its strongest is walkability: it is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. Add schools to its strengths: its schools rank ahead of 68% of Washington towns. Put together, the subjects come to a C+ overall, better than 43% of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 147th of 285 in Washington. East Port Orchard’s concentration of trails is 4.7 miles per square mile, against 0.8 in Washington’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. South Kitsap Regional Park, at 198 acres with 7 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenStreetMap.
What makes East Port Orchard stand out
Where East Port Orchard beats most towns.
East Port Orchard has shrunk 11% from 2010 to 2020
5,919 counted in 2010 and 5,262 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How East Port Orchard grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far East Port Orchard is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 96% of comparable towns) to D for hazard risk (better than 15%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Space Needle and 138 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Port Orchard. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
14 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
14 mi Ancient siteSeattle Underground
Big draw26 mi National ParkOlympic National Park3.6M visitors a yearPhoto 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 · Seattle Underground: Mark Hursh, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Olympic National Park: Wsiegmund, CC BY 2.5
Moving to East Port Orchard: who provides what
East Port Orchard 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 East Port Orchard.
East Port Orchard has cooler summers than nearly all U.S. towns and trades workers with Seattle and other neighbors, but it has many renters stretched by housing costs.
Trail density in East Port Orchard is higher than in the typical Washington or U.S. town
7.1 miles of trail wind through 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. South Kitsap Regional Park | 7 mi | 198 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
East Port Orchard earns a B+ for schools
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to the South Kitsap School District. 423 students attend East Port Orchard’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Port Orchard ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 423 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
The biggest natural risk in East Port Orchard is earthquakes, at a high overall level
Of the losses FEMA expects in East Port Orchard, 83% come from earthquakes and 13% from inland flooding. One flood insurance claim has been paid locally since 1987.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
East Port Orchard has mild winters and pleasant summers
July afternoons average 76.1°, cooler than in 98% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.9°.
The typical July afternoon high for East Port Orchard comes to 76°F. About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| East Port Orchard | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 76°F | 77°F | 85°F |
| January low | 36°F | 35°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most of East Port Orchard’s workers leave town for work
East Port Orchard has about as many jobs (1,696) as working residents, but only 69 people both live and work here.
The top destinations are Seattle (15%), Port Orchard (11%) and Bremerton (10%). For most workers, East Port Orchard is a place to come home to: only 4% work in town. The average trip to work locally is 31 minutes. Half commute less than 14 miles.
| East Port Orchard | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $75,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On CDC estimates, East Port Orchard is less healthy than 52% of U.S. towns
A fifth of adults in East Port Orchard report frequent mental distress; 28% have been diagnosed with depression. The share of adults in East Port Orchard who had a checkup this year: 70%.
| East Port Orchard | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 71% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | East Port Orchard | WA |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.4% | 9% |
| More smokers | 14.6% | 10.1% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.2% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in East Port Orchard sells for about $473K at the median
76.2% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 49.9% across Washington.
Among households in East Port Orchard, 65% own their home. For East Port Orchard, the typical rent is $1,554 a month. Bidding over the asking price: 29% of homes sold locally.
| East Port Orchard | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 65% | 71% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,554 a month | $1,740 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about East Port Orchard
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of East Port Orchard
About 5 of every 100 East Port Orchard residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Washington.
About East Port Orchard
CDP in Washington, United States
East Port Orchard is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. The population was 5,262 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 2.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 295 ft
- Area code
- 360
East Port Orchard’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with East Port Orchard.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Port Orchard | #147 | C+ | C | — | B+ | B− |
| Port Orchard | #181 | C | D | C− | B+ | B+ |
| Parkwood | #88 | B | C− | — | B+ | B+ |
East Port Orchard and Parkwood report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare East Port Orchard with a neighbor →
Questions about East Port Orchard
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is East Port Orchard, WA a good place to live?
East Port Orchard grades C+ overall, better than 43% of U.S. towns and #147 of 285 in Washington. It grades B− for health and B+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is East Port Orchard, WA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $436,000, 26% below 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.