Metro Life Score
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
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: 17.7:1 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
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Source PlainCompare composite of BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, EPA data · August 2026
How the 44.4 is built
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard's Life Score, decomposed
Dimension detail
How Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard scores, dimension by dimension
Score Breakdown
Dimension Scores
Key Data Points
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.
Compare Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard With...
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 |
Quality vs. Affordability
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA is bottom 26% lowest-quality nationally but only bottom 7% least affordable among its composite-quality peers -- its Life Score is earned mostly outside the cost dimension, not through being a budget option.
WA Metro Scores
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.
Using Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard's bottom-third Life Score
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard scores 44.4/100 overall, but Wages (96.4) and Cost of Living (6.5) sit 89.9 points apart, so decide which of the two matters more to you before leaning on the total.
- Wages is the strongest of Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard's seven dimensions (weighted 20% in the composite); if it is your priority, this is where the metro earns its rank. See all seven dimensions
- Cost of Living is the weakest (weighted 20% in the composite); if it is a dealbreaker, weigh it before the ranking does. Rank metros on the composite
- Yakima is the nearest comparison this page can offer; put the two side by side on the same seven dimensions. Compare with Yakima
A low composite is a weighted blend; individual dimensions can still be strong.