Bremerton is a medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Washington. With a population of 45,450 people and 21 associated neighborhoods, Bremerton is the 27th largest community in Washington.Bremerton is a military town: the armed forces employs 7.59% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Retail and Healthcare are important in the local economy and are the city’s largest civilian employers, employing 14.60% and 12.57% of the civilian workforce respectively. Also of interest is that Bremerton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.36% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Bremerton is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities. For the size of the city, public transportation in Bremerton is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking a ferryboat. For Bremerton, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.The percentage of people in Bremerton who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.91% of adults in Bremerton have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Bremerton in 2022 was $40,201, which is middle income relative to Washington, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,804 for a family of four. However, Bremerton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bremerton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bremerton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bremerton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Bremerton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.91% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bremerton include German, Irish, English, European, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Bremerton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
