ParkwoodWA
A town of 6,873.
Is Parkwood a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Parkwood grades B overall, 88th among Washington's 285 graded towns. It is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 91% of U.S. towns. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $441K, 4.2 years of the Bremerton metro’s $104K median household income. Parkwood’s July high is 76°F, near the Washington town median (77°F) and below the median of U.S. towns (85°F). FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 80% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top.
What makes Parkwood stand out
Where Parkwood beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Parkwood for work
Where Parkwood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Parkwood grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Parkwood is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Space Needle and 136 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Parkwood. 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 Parkwood: who provides what
Parkwood 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 Parkwood.
Parkwood has cooler summers than nearly all U.S. towns, has added a third more jobs in ten years and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in Washington.
Very high risk in Parkwood, with earthquakes at the top
One flood insurance claim has been paid in Parkwood since 2010.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On state tests, Parkwood’s schools beat 68% of Washington districts
Its public schools are run by the South Kitsap School District. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Whitman Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 623 | – |
| DiscoveryLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 224 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
Parkwood has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs based here grew from 638 in 2013 to 839.
Most working residents leave Parkwood for work: only 2% work in town. The average trip to work in Parkwood is 31 minutes. Since 2013, Parkwood has added 201 jobs, to 839 in 2023.
| Parkwood | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 7.5% | 15% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 5% | 8% |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Parkwood ranks healthier than 72% of the country’s towns
Within Washington it is less healthy than 57% of the 285 graded towns: Washington sets a high bar.
70% of adults had a checkup this year in Parkwood.
| Parkwood | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 71% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Parkwood | WA |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 12.3% | 10.1% |
| Fewer adults getting cholesterol checked | 81.6% | 84% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Mild winters and pleasant summers in Parkwood
July afternoons average 76.1°, cooler than in 98% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.9°.
Parkwood has mild winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. Parkwood’s January low is 36°F. About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Parkwood | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.6% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bill Bloomquist Rotary Park | 0.1 mi | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Parkwood sells for about $508K
62% of Parkwood households own their home.
| Parkwood | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 62% | 71% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,778 a month | $1,737 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Parkwood
Colleges nearby
11 within 15 miles of the center of Parkwood
About 3 of every 100 Parkwood residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
About Parkwood
CDP in Washington, United States
Parkwood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. The population was 7,635 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 2.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 266 ft
- Area code
- 360
Parkwood’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Parkwood.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkwood | #88 | B | C− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Port Orchard | #181 | C | D | C− | B+ | B+ |
| East Port Orchard | #147 | C+ | C | — | B+ | B− |
Parkwood and East Port Orchard report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Parkwood with a neighbor →
Questions about Parkwood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Parkwood, WA a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Parkwood grades B overall, better than 60% of U.S. towns and #88 of 285 in Washington. It grades B+ for health and B+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Parkwood, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $441,000, 25% 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−.