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Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA

Below-median composite Life Score — grade C, 26th percentile of the national corpus.

44.4
Life Score / 100
C
Grade (curved)
#288
of 387 metros
26%
composite percentile
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Data updated August 2026

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The verdict

Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard is below-median composite Life Score — #288 of 387 (44.4/100, grade C, 26th percentile). Carried by wages at 96/100; held back most by cost of living at 6/100.

26th
composite percentile
#288
of 387 peers
6th
cost dimension percentile
96th
wages dimension percentile

Life Score shape · LOWER · RENT-SQUEEZE · signature wages

Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard: pay power is the signature

Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard stamps LOWER · RENT-SQUEEZE with wages at the 96th percentile of the metro corpus (PEAK) — ahead of its cost mark (CEILING, 6th) and composite #288. Wages (96/100) amplifies the lead; Cost of Living (6/100) is the residual gap. According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA ranks #288 of 387 metros by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #362 of 387 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.

BEA RPP 105.6 (rent-RPP 129.6). BLS median salary $80,179, 87,350 jobs (Fast Food and Counter Workers, Retail Salespersons, Business Operations Specialists, All Other). HUD 2BR FMR $2,031/mo (studio $1,400).

FBI UCR (WA): 329 violent, 2498 property/100K. NCES: 17.6:1 ratio, 0.6% charter. DOL infant childcare $15,987/yr. EPA: 69 Superfund sites (WA).

Where Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard sits among all US metros

Composite Life Score vs the national field

44 26th percentile higher than 26% of 387 US metros

25–30: 1 US metros (0%). Below this entry. 30–35: 7 US metros (2%). Below this entry. 35–40: 34 US metros (9%). Below this entry. 40–45: 66 US metros (17%). This entry sits in this band. 45–50: 91 US metros (24%). Above this entry. 50–55: 77 US metros (20%). Above this entry. 55–60: 60 US metros (16%). Above this entry. 60–65: 44 US metros (11%). Above this entry. 65–70: 6 US metros (2%). Above this entry. 70–75: 1 US metros (0%). Above this entry. This metro 25 75 every US metro, bucketed by value

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Source PlainCompare composite of BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, EPA data · August 2026

Dimension detail

How Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard scores, dimension by dimension

Score Breakdown

Cost of Living Wages Rent Safety Schools Childcare Environment

Dimension Scores

Cost of Living 6/100 (20%)
Wages 96/100 (20%)
Rent 8/100 (15%)
Safety 53/100 (15%)
Schools 76/100 (10%)
Childcare 14/100 (10%)
Environment 58/100 (10%)

Key Data Points

105.6
Cost Index (RPP)
$80,179
Avg Median Salary
$2,031
2BR Fair Market Rent
329
Violent Crime/100K (WA)
17.6:1
Student-Teacher Ratio
$15,987
Infant Childcare/yr (WA)
69
Superfund Sites (WA)
87,350
Total Employment

Geography used: crime, schools, childcare, and environment cards above are WA state-level when metro-specific feeds are unavailable, see the scope key at the top of this page.

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Ranking Context

Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard outranks 26% of U.S. metros.

Rank Metro Score Grade
#285 Syracuse, NY 44.6 C
#286 Sherman-Denison, TX 44.6 C
#287 Asheville, NC 44.6 C
#288 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA 44.4 C
#289 Lebanon, PA 44.4 C
#290 St. George, UT 44.2 C
#291 Merced, CA 44.0 C

WA Metro Scores

Yakima, WA B 51.7 Longview-Kelso, WA B- 50.8 Kennewick-Richland, WA B- 50.6 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA B- 49.0 Walla Walla, WA C+ 48.0 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA C+ 46.2

Read with Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard

Nearest composite peers and cost poles for Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard (LOWER · RENT-SQUEEZE · CEILING/PEAK), replacing the fixed Explore/Guides strip.

Lebanon, PA

ABS(composite) peer at 44.4 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C vs this page's LOWER · RENT-SQUEEZE · CEILING/PEAK.

St. George, UT

ABS(composite) peer at 44.2 (Δ 0.2 vs this metro); lower Life Score · grade C vs this page's LOWER · RENT-SQUEEZE · CEILING/PEAK.

Asheville, NC

ABS(composite) peer at 44.6 (Δ 0.2 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C vs this page's LOWER · RENT-SQUEEZE · CEILING/PEAK.

Sherman-Denison, TX

ABS(composite) peer at 44.6 (Δ 0.2 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade C vs this page's LOWER · RENT-SQUEEZE · CEILING/PEAK.

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (cost pole)

ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 7/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp CEILING vs this metro's CEILING.

Manchester-Nashua, NH (cost pole)

ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 6/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp CEILING vs this metro's CEILING.

Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA relocation guide

Stamp-branched guide for LOWER · RENT-SQUEEZE · CEILING/PEAK - how to read federal Life Score inputs before a move.

Data from BEA, HUD, FBI UCR, BLS OES, NCES, DOL, and EPA. Not affiliated with the U.S. Government.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard Life Score 44.4/100 · signature wages · retrieved and formatted by PlainCompare

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, and EPA. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

All federal data sources used on this page
  • U.S. Census Bureau ACS - multi-dimension demographic + housing + income aggregates for cross-area comparison. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
  • BEA Regional Economic Accounts - GDP, personal income, employment by state and metro. bea.gov/data/regional
  • BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) - wage estimates for comparable-area indexing. bls.gov/oes
  • FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) - crime statistics for safety-score component. fbi.gov/ucr
  • NCES Common Core of Data - public-school quality indicators by area. nces.ed.gov/ccd
  • EPA AirNow + Air Quality System (AQS) - air-quality measurements by area. epa.gov/outdoor-air-quality-data
  • HUD Fair Market Rents (FMR) - county and metro housing-cost indicators. huduser.gov/datasets/fmr