Bremerton

Bremerton, Washington

About Bremerton

—newly proclaimed the “Metropolitan Center of the West Puget Sound” is the largest city in Kitsap County located on the Beautiful Kitsap Peninsula between the majestic Olympic and Cascade Mountain ranges in Washington State.

The Bremerton area offers some of the best views of mountains and water as well as some of the best boating and recreational opportunities in the Greater Puget Sound Area. Within a mile radius you will find several attractions and facilities to visit and explore. Welcome to the Kitsap Peninsula.

Bremerton is in the midst of a huge downtown core revitalization process, which has caught the eye of many -
Special to the P-I: by Lawrence Cheek: On Architecture: Bremerton could teach Seattle a lesson about its waterfront

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The cities vision and optimism has given the residents and small business owners a much needed boost of confidence in the rebuilding of the once grand downtown Bremerton.

Bremerton is divided by the waters of Port Washington Narrows into what the local residence refer to as East Bremerton and West Bremerton. The areas are connected by the Manette and Warren Avenue bridges. Bremerton is a city of history and can boast many unique neighborhoods, such as Manette, with its art culture/Bohemian appeal in East Bremerton; Charleston, a back to yesteryear section of the city filled with some 1930 charm, and several others that will have you admiring rows of waterfront homes on the shoreline or looking to neighborhoods that will remind you of your childhood.

Bremerton has it all. With home prices considerably lower than on the Seattle side of the water and yet still being able to offer amazing water and mountain views, it is no wonder that Bremerton is a community that can attract those that work in Seattle.

Along with affordability Bremerton offers many cultural programs. The Bremerton High School complex has a modern performing arts center and provides a venue for theater, opera, dance and the Bremerton Symphony. Bremerton isn’t “your Dad’s Navy town”.

Yes, I would say Bremerton residents have it all. We have an amazing community that can brag of a close knit small town feel all the while being able to enjoy the big city lights of Seattle via a relaxing, scenic ride on part of the largest ferry system in the country.

Bremerton – where you can walk the shoreline, watch eagles fish, watch whales play in a nearby inlet and where you can be in the Mountains or at the Beach in around an hour if you don’t stop and smell the flowers along the way.

Bremerton has been ranked by Money Magazine as one of the future hot spots among cities with under 250,000 residents. In 2002, Bremerton was listed as the eighth-best place in the West to live among population areas from 100,000 to 249,999.

Geography

Bremerton is located at 47°34′12″N 122°39′9″W / 47.57°N 122.6525°W / 47.57; -122.6525 (47.570017, -122.652625).^[3] It is located on the Kitsap Peninsula and is bounded on the southeast and east by Sinclair Inlet and the strait of Port Orchard respectively. The city is divided by the Port Washington Narrows, a strait spanned by two bridges that connects Dyes Inlet, which lies northwest of the city, to Port Orchard. The part of the city northeast of the narrows is referred to as East Bremerton.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 26.0 square miles (67.5 km²), of which, 22.7 square miles (58.7 km²) of it is land and 3.4 square miles (8.8 km²) of it (12.98%) is water

Bremerton Real Estate

Bremerton homes feature style and character – with secret rooms and retro door knobs. Did you know that Art-Deco was the style of the 1940′s?  Bremerton area homes have features like big porches, stately overhangs, high pitched roofs and dormer windows. The list goes on and on.  There are not many places in the Pacific Northwest that can boast such home detail and Bremerton is one of the areas where these homes are still affordable.

Residential Real Estate prices in 2009:

Weather

Bremerton enjoys a mild temperate climate.

Population

Employment

Naval Base Kitsap/Bremerton and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard are the major employers in Bremerton, followed by healthcare and education.

The diverse economy also offers a wide range of occupations in business, retail and other commercial activities.  Management and professionals comprise 25.45% of the occupations, followed by sales and office at 25.97% and service at 24.56%. Average commute time for Bremerton residents is approximately under 30 minutes each way.

Income

Median household income in 2008 was $39,205 (it was $30,950 in 2000).  Washington State’s median household income was $58,078.

Cost of Living

The Cost of Living Index for Bremerton is 112.1 as of December 2009. (More than average, U.S. average is 100)

Bremerton Schools

Bremerton School District is home to about 5,500 students. Learn more about the great things in Bremerton School District in the annual “Did You Know” pamphlet.

The District consists of

• five elementary schools (grades K-5)
• one Early Learning Center (grade PS-3)
• one middle school (grades 6-8)
• one high school (grades 9-12)
• an alternative high school
• Alliance Academy (a K-8 home school partnership program)

The District also hosts a 1,300 seat Performing Arts Center and the West Sound Technical Skills Center, a regional cooperative career-technical educational program for high school students.

Bremerton School District prides itself on meeting the needs of all students. Our Early Childhood Care and Education Partnership with area preschools, FREE All-Day Kindergarten Program, Special Education, and Title I Programs has received state and/or national recognition. After-school and early-morning tutoring programs are available to help students reach both their educational goals and state standards.

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