Rocky PointWA
A town of 1,716.
Is Rocky Point a good place to live?
The best of Rocky Point’s subject grades is an A− for health; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. Rocky Point's public schools trail 84% of Washington towns on state tests and graduation. On the outdoors, just 5 of Washington’s 397 towns do worse. Rocky Point has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Rocky Point stand out
Where Rocky Point beats most towns.
Rocky Point lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 10% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
How Rocky Point grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Rocky Point is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Space Needle and 140 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rocky Point. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
Big draw22 mi National ParkOlympic National Park3.6M visitors a year
16 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
16 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 · Olympic National Park: Wsiegmund, CC BY 2.5 · T-Mobile Park: MyName (Cacophony), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Seattle Underground: Mark Hursh, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Rocky Point: who provides what
Rocky Point 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 Rocky Point.
Rocky Point ranks healthier than 82% of the country’s towns
Rocky Point beats the Washington average on 7 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 16% of Rocky Point adults get no exercise outside work, below both the Washington town median (18%) and the median of U.S. towns (25%). 73% of Rocky Point adults had a checkup this year.
| Rocky Point | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 71% | 79% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 7.2% | 10% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Rocky Point | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.2% | 10.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.1% | 8.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 15.3% | 9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
High risk in Rocky Point, with earthquakes at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 79% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Rocky Point’s workers commute out
5.2% of Rocky Point residents live below the poverty line, below both Washington’s towns (7.9%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). The top destinations are Bremerton (21%), Seattle (18%) and Silverdale (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.
| Rocky Point | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.2% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 12% | 15% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Rocky Point has mild winters and pleasant summers
Rocky Point has mild winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Rocky Point is 76°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer children than Washington overall
Children under 18 are 15% of residents (21% statewide). 34% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 40% across Washington.
| Rocky Point | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 15% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 30% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 133 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±6.2 points). Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women. Among residents 25 to 34, 78% are men (WA 52%).
| Rocky Point | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.7% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.8% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.8% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 20.6% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.8% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.4% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.6% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.6% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.2% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.4% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15.8% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.1% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.8% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points
The median home in Rocky Point sells for about $790K
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Rocky Point
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Rocky Point
About 4 of every 100 Rocky Point residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
100% of working residents leave Rocky Point for work
Where Rocky Point’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Rocky Point
Census-designated place in Washington, United States
Rocky Point is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. It is a suburb of Bremerton, Washington.
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- Area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 20 ft
- Area code
- 360
Rocky Point’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Rocky Point.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Point | — | — | C− | — | C− | A− |
| Bremerton | #213 | C− | C− | C− | B− | A− |
Rocky Point has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Rocky Point reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Rocky Point with a neighbor →
Questions about Rocky Point
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rocky Point, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $535,000, 9% 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−.