Metro Life Score

Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA

Compiled byPlainCompare Editorial, PlainCompare Editorial Team · Updated May 16, 2026

38.2
Life Score / 100: D
Grade (curved): #350
of 387 metros: 10%
of metros outranked

Data updated May 2026

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The verdict

Bremerton ranks #350 of 387 US metros, ahead of 10% - carried by its wages (96/100) and held back most by cost of living (6/100).

96
strongest: Wages: 69
then: Schools: 6
weakest: Cost of Living: 7
weighted dimensions

Where Bremerton sits among all US metros

Composite Life Score vs the national field

38 10th percentile higher than 10% of 387 US metros

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

How the score is built

Reading the Bremerton Life Score

Bremerton's composite score of 38.2 out of 100, a grade of D, places the metro at rank #350 of 387, ahead of 10% of US metros. The strongest inputs are Wages (96/100) and Schools (69/100), which pull the composite upward, while Cost of Living (6/100) and Rent (8/100) drag it downward. (How the weighting works.)

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). Ranks #347-#353 below.

Dimension detail

How Bremerton scores, dimension by dimension

Score Breakdown

Dimension Scores

Cost of Living 6/100 (20%)

Wages 96/100 (20%)

Rent 8/100 (15%)

Safety 47/100 (15%)

Schools 69/100 (10%)

Childcare 14/100 (10%)

Environment 12/100 (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)

Superfund Sites (WA)

87,350

Total Employment

Crime, schools, childcare, and environment data shown at state level where metro-specific data is unavailable.

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Ranking Context

Bremerton outranks 10% of U.S. metros.

Rank	Metro	Score	Grade
#347	Fresno, CA	38.3	D
#348	Dover, DE	38.5	C-
#349	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	38.6	C-
#350	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	38.2	D
#351	Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	38.2	D
#352	Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	38.0	D
#353	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area	37.7	D

WA Metro Scores

Lewiston, ID-WA A- 60.4 Yakima, WA B 54.4 Longview-Kelso, WA B- 50.0 Walla Walla, WA B- 49.6 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA B- 49.4 Kennewick-Richland, WA B- 48.5

Using Bremerton's Life Score

Bremerton is a regional baseline, not a neighborhood reading, use it to shortlist, then dig into the dimensions that matter to you.

Its strongest dimension is wages (96/100) and its weakest is cost of living (6/100) - weigh those against your own priorities. How the score is built
Put Bremerton head-to-head against another metro before you decide, every dimension, side by side. Compare metros
See where Bremerton lands on the national rankings for cost, safety, pay and more. Browse rankings

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are Bremerton's biggest strengths? ▼

Bremerton's strongest dimensions are Wages (96/100), Schools (69/100), Safety (47/100). Wages is top-tier nationally.

What are Bremerton's weakest areas? ▼

Bremerton's lowest-scoring dimensions are Cost of Living (6/100), Rent (8/100), Environment (12/100). Cost of Living weighs heavily on the composite.

How expensive is Bremerton compared to the national average? ▼

Bremerton's Regional Price Parity is 105.6 (5.6% more than national); rent RPP 129.6.

What is the average salary in Bremerton? ▼

Bremerton median salary: $80,179, 87,350 jobs. Top: Fast Food and Counter Workers, Retail Salespersons, Business Operations Specialists, All Other.

How is the life score calculated? ▼

Bremerton's 38.2/100 blends 7 federal-data dimensions - see our methodology page for the weighting.

Research Guides

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. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCompare Editorial

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

Every figure on PlainCompare is loaded directly from BEA, HUD, FBI UCR, BLS OEWS, NCES, DOL, EPA, and the Census Bureau, no number is typed in by an editor. This metro's Life Score is computed directly from the 7 federal sources cited above. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.