Washington · Census place 5307695

Bremerton, Washington

Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington with an estimated 45,291 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 27th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
45,291
#27 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
+3.8%
+1,665 people
Land area
28.4 sq mi
+ 3.74 sq mi water
Density
1,593 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: Bremerton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

Bremerton population, 2020 to 2024

Bremerton added 1,665 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.8%. In the latest year it moved by +464. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 51st; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Bremerton is 2.5 times that size.

43.6k202045.0k202145.4k202244.8k202345.3k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 43,506. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bremerton covers 28.43 square miles of land and 3.74 of water, for 1,593 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Bremerton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bremerton is in

All of Bremerton's residents live in Kitsap County, which had 281,420 residents in 2024. Bremerton holds 16.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bremerton

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Bremerton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98310, 98312, 98314, 98337. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Bremerton is

The Census internal point of Bremerton is at 47.539900, -122.717000. Olympia, the capital, is 35.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Seattle, WA (780,995 people), 17.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
47.539900, -122.717000
DMS
47°32'23.64"N 122°43'1.20"W
UTM
10N 521297.5E 5265202.9N
Geohash
c22wrw25y
Plus code
84VVG7QM+X6

Daylight in Bremerton

At 47.54° N, Bremerton gets about 15 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bremerton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Port Orchard, 3.9 miles away, with 19,122 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bremerton, WA?

45,291 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,665 (3.8%) from 43,626 in July 2020.

What county is Bremerton in?

Kitsap County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Bremerton?

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 98310, 98312, 98314, 98337.

How far is Bremerton from Olympia?

35.9 miles (57.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Bremerton.

What is the nearest larger city to Bremerton?

Seattle, WA, with 780,995 residents, 17.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.