ParkwoodWA
The town, home to 6,873 people, lies in Washington.
Is Parkwood a good place to live?
Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Its strongest is walkability (A) — it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 91% of U.S. towns. Parkwood’s overall grade is B, better than 60% of U.S. towns. It ranks 88th of 285 in Washington. Health is a strength too: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 72% of the country. The catch is cost of living (C−): the typical home is worth about $441K, 4.2 years of the Bremerton metro’s $104K median household income. Hazard risk is weaker too — FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 80% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. The town’s July high is 76°F, near the Washington town median (77°F) and below the median of U.S. towns (85°F).
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · NOAA normals, 1991–2020.
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 137 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
Paid flood insurance claims in Parkwood since 2010: one. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 87% come from earthquakes and 10% from inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On state tests, Parkwood’s schools beat 68% of Washington districts
The public schools here belong to the South Kitsap School District. Two of its 4 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. 4 public schools serve Parkwood, with 1,432 students in all.
| 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 per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Jobs based here grew from 638 in 2013 to 839.
The top destinations are Seattle (15%), Port Orchard (11%) and Bremerton (10%). Only 2% of working residents stay in Parkwood for work; the rest commute out. Also worth knowing: the average trip to work here is 31 minutes. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in the town rose by 201, to 839.
| 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 earns a B+ for health
Within Washington it is less healthy than 57% of the 285 graded towns: Washington sets a high bar.
In Parkwood, 70% of adults had a checkup this year. Among adults locally, 27% have been diagnosed with depression and 18% binge drink.
| 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: that is Parkwood’s year
July afternoons average 76.1°, cooler than in 98% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.9°.
The January low for Parkwood comes to 36°F. About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Parkwood | 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
Protected land: 2.6% of Parkwood
Parkwood’s trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile. There are 0.4 miles of trail across 1 park or preserve. Parks and preserves here: one, of 13 acres.
| 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 $504K
The share of households in Parkwood who live in a home they own: 62%. For Parkwood, the midpoint rent is $1,778 a month. A home in Parkwood typically sold within 9 days of listing.
| 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. 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−.