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A town of 4,084, settled in 1908.
The picture is mixed. Its strongest is walkability: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 92% of U.S. towns. It is strong on schools as well (A−): its schools outperform just over three quarters of the state's. What counts against it is incomes (C) — the median household income is $86K, and just over one in ten residents live below the poverty line. A typical home there costs about $468K, 4.5 years of the Bremerton metro’s $104K median household income. Hazard risk is weaker too — FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 65% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. Put together, the subjects come to a B overall, better than 62% of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 80th of 285 in Washington.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow.
Where Suquamish beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Suquamish Elementary School | PK–5 | 314 |
| Chief Kitsap Academy | K–12 | 74 |
| West Sound Academy | 6–12 | 97 |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Suquamish is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,498 in 1980, 4,266 in 2020. The archive holds 9 old photos and papers going back to 1906 and 5 maps from 1937 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Suquamish. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi LookoutSpace Needle
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaClimate Pledge Arena
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaLumen Field
15 mi Stadium & arenaT-Mobile Park
Big draw25 mi National ParkOlympic National Park3.6M visitors a year
15 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 · T-Mobile Park: MyName (Cacophony), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Olympic National Park: Wsiegmund, CC BY 2.5 · Seattle Underground: Mark Hursh, CC BY-SA 3.0
Suquamish 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 Suquamish.
Suquamish has cooler summers than nearly all U.S. towns and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in Washington.
The North Kitsap School District runs its public schools. Two of the 3 schools are below, and why each made the list. Public school enrollment in Suquamish: 388 students across 2 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suquamish Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 314 | – |
| Chief Kitsap AcademyLargest public high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 74 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
Within Washington it is healthier than 50% of the 285 graded towns: Washington sets a high bar.
In Suquamish, a third of adults sleep under 7 hours. On the CDC’s 31 measures, Suquamish is ahead of Washington on 6 and behind on 7. Among adults in the town, 74% had a checkup this year, above the Washington town median (71%) but below the median of U.S. towns (79%). 37% of adults locally have high blood pressure; 18% get no exercise outside work.
| Suquamish | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 71% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 31% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Suquamish | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.4% | 9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.4% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.8% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
July afternoons average 75.5°, cooler than in 98% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.7°.
Suquamish’s typical July afternoon high stands at 76°F. The January low for Suquamish comes to 36°F, where Washington’s towns sit at 35°F and U.S. towns at 22°F. About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Suquamish | 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
Homes in Suquamish are typically worth about $468,000, down 0.9% in a year, 20% below the Washington typical home. For Suquamish, the typical rent is $1,460 a month. Also worth knowing: 79% of Suquamish households live in a home they own.
| Suquamish | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 79% | 70% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,460 a month | $1,740 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
One declared disaster, in 2007, has brought federal aid to Suquamish households. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 70% come from earthquakes and 20% from inland flooding. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 2003: one.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The top destinations are Seattle (18%), Poulsbo (10%) and Bainbridge Island (9%). Jobs in Suquamish fell by 189 from 2013 to 2023, to 1,234. The mean commuting time in the town is 28 minutes. The median commute is under 11 miles.
| Suquamish | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 18% | 15% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 9% | 4.8% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The share of adults 25 and older in Suquamish who hold a bachelor’s degree or more: 35%. People 65 and older are nearly a quarter of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (24% statewide). Its age of the median resident is 45 years.
| Suquamish | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 16% | 18% |
| Median age | 45 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 30% | 29% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.6 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| Suquamish | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.3% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.1% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.3% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.1% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.1% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.8% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.1% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.1% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.5% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.5% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.5% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.9% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.3% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.3% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,100, single groups can be off by several points
Among 272 Washington towns, just 9 have a lower share of conserved land than Suquamish. 2.7 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Suquamish Nature Preserve, at 217 acres.
| Suquamish | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Suquamish Nature Preserve | — | 217 |
| 2. Cowling Creek Forest Preserve | — | 2 |
| 3. Suquamish Pathway Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
13 within 15 miles of the center of Suquamish
About 4 of every 100 Suquamish residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
Census-designated place in Washington, United States
Suquamish is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. The population was 4,266 at the 2020 census. Comprising the Port Madison Indian Reservation, it is the burial site of Chief Seattle and was the site of the Suquamish tribe winter longhouse dxʷsəq’ʷəb, also known as the Old Man House. The region also hosts the Suquamish Museum.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Suquamish grades B overall, better than 62% of U.S. towns and #80 of 285 in Washington. It grades A− for health and A− for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
