{"id":8634,"date":"2023-10-03T16:20:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T16:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=8634"},"modified":"2026-08-07T08:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T08:48:07","slug":"kitsap-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/kitsap-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitsap County, Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kitsap County is a county in Washington, United States, on the Kitsap Peninsula directly across Puget Sound from Seattle. It had a population of 275,611 at the 2020 census, an estimated 283,374 by 2025, and covers 395 square miles (1,023 km2) of land centred near 47°38′N 122°39′W. Water makes up another 171 square miles, about 30 percent of the county’s total footprint.<\/p>\n

Port Orchard is the county seat; its postal code is 98366. Bremerton is the largest city. The county holds 4 incorporated cities and 24 census-designated places, plus smaller communities such as Olalla, South Colby and Port Gamble, and it runs on Pacific Time. Its FIPS code is 53035.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Kitsap County<\/h2>\n

Kitsap County has 28 census-recognized places: 4 incorporated cities and 24 census-designated places (CDPs), which are unincorporated communities the Census Bureau counts separately. Washington has no civil townships, so unincorporated areas are governed directly by the county. Populations below are 2020 census counts.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Bremerton<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n43,416<\/td>\n98337<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bainbridge Island<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n24,823<\/td>\n98110<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Silverdale<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n20,733<\/td>\n98383<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Port Orchard<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n15,580<\/td>\n98366<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Poulsbo<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n11,952<\/td>\n98370<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parkwood<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n7,635<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tracyton<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n5,967<\/td>\n98393<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manchester<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n5,714<\/td>\n98353<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bangor Base<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n5,482<\/td>\n98315<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East Port Orchard<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n5,262<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Suquamish<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n4,266<\/td>\n98392<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bethel<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n4,073<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indianola<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n3,664<\/td>\n98342<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hansville<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n3,410<\/td>\n98340<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Navy Yard City<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n2,759<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chico<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n2,723<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kingston<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n2,515<\/td>\n98346<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Enetai<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n2,497<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Southworth<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n2,362<\/td>\n98386<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lofall<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n2,211<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burley<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n2,081<\/td>\n98322<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kitsap Lake<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n1,997<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rocky Point<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n1,615<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seabeck<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n1,143<\/td>\n98380<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Port Gamble Tribal Community<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n1,010<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Erlands Point<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n916<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gorst<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n605<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keyport<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n576<\/td>\n98345<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

A few of these names are easy to confuse. Port Orchard the city sits on Sinclair Inlet, while East Port Orchard is a separate CDP just outside its limits; both are distinct from Port Orchard the waterway, which runs past Bainbridge Island. The Port Gamble Tribal Community CDP, also called Little Boston, is the Port Gamble S’Klallam reservation on the east side of Port Gamble Bay — the historic mill town of Port Gamble sits across the bay and is not a CDP. Erlands Point and Kitsap Lake were counted as a single CDP before the 2020 census split them. Bainbridge Island the city covers the entire island, including the old town of Winslow, its downtown.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n