† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBremertonWashingtonUnited States
German15.4%14.5%12.5%
English13.8%12.1%9.5%
Irish12.0%9.8%9.4%
Norwegian4.6%4.0%—
American3.7%3.8%5.3%
Italian3.4%3.1%4.8%
Scottish3.3%2.6%1.3%
French2.4%—1.6%
Mexican8.1%10.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.3%0.5%1.8%
Spaniard0.8%0.4%—
Guatemalan0.6%0.2%0.5%
Spanish0.6%0.3%—
Salvadoran0.3%0.4%0.7%
Filipino3.6%1.5%0.9%
Japanese0.7%0.4%0.2%
Korean0.5%0.9%0.4%
Chinese0.4%2.2%1.3%
Vietnamese0.4%1.1%0.6%
Asian Indian0.3%2.0%1.4%
African American†2.3%2.3%9.9%
African0.5%0.4%0.5%
Jamaican0.3%—0.4%
Chamorro1.0%——
Native Hawaiian0.4%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Bremerton
Washington
United States
Median age
33.2
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
13.7%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
12.9%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bremerton
Washington
United States
Median household income
$74,940
$98,141
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.8%
9.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.5%
39.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bremerton
Washington
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.3%
21.5%
22.3%
Spanish
4.7%
9.1%
13.6%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
3.5%
0.9%
0.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.6%
2.1%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bremerton
Washington
United States
Catholic
—
10.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
20.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
58.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Bremerton, Washington
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+12.4%
2008
+19.8%
2012
+22.4%
2016
+18.2%
2020
+27.9%
2024
+29.2%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
62.4%Harris11,434
33.3%Trump6,093
4.3%
D+29.2
D+1.3
D+30.6
18,320
D
61.3%Biden11,249
33.4%Trump6,135
5.3%
D+27.9
D+9.7
D+23.4
18,357
D
53.1%Clinton7,095
35.0%Trump4,669
11.9%
D+18.2
R+4.2
D+16.1
13,351
D
59.6%Obama7,659
37.2%Romney4,780
3.2%
D+22.4
D+2.6
D+18.5
12,851
D
58.8%Obama7,822
38.9%McCain5,185
2.3%
D+19.8
D+7.4
D+12.5
13,312
D
55.1%Kerry6,942
42.7%Bush5,379
2.3%
D+12.4
—
D+14.9
12,610
Home to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton's electorate skews toward issues tied to federal defense spending and military families, giving it a distinct profile from the largely tech-driven politics of the broader Seattle metro.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 29.2 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.2 points.
A population of 44,830, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,940 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bellingham and Flagstaff.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Bremerton, Washington voted Democratic by 29.2 points (D+29.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 18,320 votes cast, 11,434 went Democratic and 6,093 went Republican.
How many people live in Bremerton, Washington?
Bremerton, Washington has a population of 44,830 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bremerton, Washington?
Median household income in Bremerton, Washington is $74,940 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Bremerton, Washington?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Bremerton, Washington from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
