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This town of 20,685 people was settled in 1890.
Health is its strong suit: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 89% of the country. Silverdale grades B overall and ranks 78th of 285 in Washington. It comes out better than 63% of U.S. towns. Add walkability to its strengths: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 86% of U.S. towns. What holds it back is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $602K, 5.8 years of the Bremerton metro’s $104K median household income. Hazard risk is weaker too (C−) — FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 73% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. Jackson Hall Memorial Community Hall is on the National Register of Historic Places. Its typical rent is $2,143 a month, above both the Washington town median ($1,737 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month).
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Silverdale beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Silverdale | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.1% | 8.4% |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Emerald Heights Elementary | PK–5 | 466 |
| Clear Creek Elementary School | PK–5 | 448 |
| Silver Ridge Elementary | PK–5 | 430 |
Where Silverdale’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Silverdale is from typical.
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Census counts: 7,660 in 1990, 20,733 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1974 and 5 maps from 1937 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Silverdale. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
Big draw21 mi National ParkOlympic National Park3.6M visitors a year
17 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
17 mi Ancient siteSeattle UndergroundSpace 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
Silverdale 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Silverdale.
Silverdale draws workers from Bremerton and beyond and has cooler summers than nearly all U.S. towns.
11,563 jobs are based in Silverdale, 1.7 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most people who work leave Silverdale to do it: just 16% work in town. Its typical household income comes in at $105,000. The median commute is under 11 miles. For workers here, the share who work remotely from home is 9.1%.
| Silverdale | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 4.8% | 8% |
| Work from home | 9.1% | 15% | 11% |
| Median household income | $105,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Central Kitsap School District. Two of its 10 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. The 4 public schools in Silverdale teach 1,757 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgetop Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 784 | – |
| Central Kitsap High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,564 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
In Silverdale, 71% of adults had a checkup this year. Among adults here, 9.7% smoke cigarettes.
| Silverdale | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 71% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.7% | 11% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Silverdale | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.1% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.7% | 10.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Flood insurance has paid out on 2 claims in Silverdale since 2007. FEMA puts 84% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to earthquakes, and 11% to inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
7.9 miles of trail in 11 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Petersen Farm, at 140 acres. In Silverdale, the concentration of trails is 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Silverdale | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.8% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Silverdale Wetlands- Clear Creek | 1.5 mi | 46 |
| 2. Schold Farm - Clear Creek | 1.4 mi | 108 |
| 3. Petersen Farm | 0.6 mi | 140 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
July afternoons average 75.8°, cooler than in 98% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.5°.
Silverdale’s January low stands at 36°F. About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Silverdale | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 76°F | 77°F | 85°F |
| January low | 36°F | 35°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
18% of Silverdale residents are under 18. People 65 and older are 21% of residents (17% statewide). Also worth knowing: in Silverdale, the median age is 40.3 years.
| Silverdale | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 18% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 16% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 30% | 29% |
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.1 points). Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women. Median age: women 42.9, men 38.7.
| Silverdale | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.1% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.3% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.6% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.1% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.6% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.7% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.2% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.1% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 19.3% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.6% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.7% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.6% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.7% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The typical home value in Silverdale is about $602,000, up 1.3% in a year, close to the Washington typical home. The share of households in Silverdale who are owner-occupiers: 52%. Bidding over the asking price: 33% of homes sold locally.
| Silverdale | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,143 a month | $1,737 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 52% | 71% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
3 within 15 miles of the center of Silverdale
About 6 of every 100 Silverdale residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Washington.
Place in Washington, United States
Silverdale is an unincorporated community in Kitsap County, Washington, in the United States. Despite many attempts at incorporation, Silverdale has not become a city. The population was 20,733 at the 2020 census. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Silverdale as a census-designated place (CDP). Silverdale ranks 158th among 522 areas in Washington for which per capita income data is collected.
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2 towns share a border with Silverdale.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silverdale | #78 | B | D | — | B+ | A |
| Bangor Base | #91 | B | D− | — | A− | A |
| Chico | #29 | A− | C | — | B+ | A |
Silverdale, Bangor Base and Chico report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Silverdale with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Silverdale grades B overall, better than 63% of U.S. towns and #78 of 285 in Washington. It grades A for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
