SouthworthWA
A town of 2,286, settled in 1913.
Is Southworth a good place to live?
Southworth’s best subject grades are an A+ for health and an A− for incomes; its weakest is a C− for cost of living. Southworth’s average trip to work is 39 minutes, against 27 minutes in Washington’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. No town among the 286 in Washington we compare has a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Southworth. The biggest park or preserve is Harper Park, at 45 acres. Southworth has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Southworth for work
Where Southworth’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Southworth grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Southworth is from typical.
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Space Needle and 136 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Southworth. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
11 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
11 mi Ancient siteSeattle Underground
Big draw30 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 Southworth: who provides what
Southworth 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 Southworth.
Residents of Southworth are healthier than 95% of U.S. towns
Southworth beats the Washington average on 15 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 13% of Southworth adults get no exercise outside work, below both Washington’s towns (18%) and U.S. towns (25%). 14% of adults report frequent mental distress in Southworth.
| Southworth | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 33% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.2% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Southworth | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.6% | 10.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.7% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.9% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Southworth beat 68% of Washington districts
Its public schools are run by the South Kitsap School District. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Sedgwick Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 731 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
Southworth has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Southworth for work: only 1% work in town. Southworth’s median household income is $123,000. Since 2013, Southworth has added 45 jobs, to 99 in 2023.
| Southworth | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $123,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 17% | 15% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 4.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and pleasant summers in Southworth
Southworth has mild winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Southworth is 77°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Southworth faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by earthquakes
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 64% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Southworth since 1986.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Older than Washington overall
People 65 and older are 22% of residents (17% statewide). 44% of Southworth adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Southworth | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47.5 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 44% | 30% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 18% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 16% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±8.1 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| Southworth | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.1% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 3.9% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.4% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.3% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.8% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 19.9% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.8% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12.7% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0.7% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.2% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.4% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.2% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.8% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.8% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,300, single groups can be off by several points
Southworth has set aside 2% of its land for conservation
0.8 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Southworth | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Harper Park | 0.7 mi | 45 |
| 2. Curley Creek Tyner Preserve | — | 39 |
| 3. Curley Creek Estuary Preserve | — | 21 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Southworth sell for about $570K
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Southworth
Colleges nearby
13 within 15 miles of the center of Southworth
About 1 of every 100 Southworth residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
Questions about Southworth
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Southworth, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $647,000, 10% above 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−.