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Location

Where the demand comes from.

Kitsap County's housing demand is employment-driven, and the employer is the Navy. The figures below carry their sources; verify them independently before you underwrite.

Location and market

On the Kitsap Way corridor, minutes from the shipyard.

Carr Boulevard sits just off Kitsap Way at Lyle Avenue — the retail spine between downtown Bremerton and Silverdale, with grocery, services and transit on the corridor.

Drive times from Carr Boulevard A schematic diagram, not a map. Carr Boulevard at the centre, with approximate drive times to five destinations: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard five minutes, the Bremerton fast ferry seven minutes, Olympic College five minutes, St. Michael Medical Center ten minutes, and the Silverdale retail core twelve minutes. 5 min PSNS / Naval Base Kitsap – Bremerton 7 min Bremerton fast ferry to Seattle 5 min Olympic College Bremerton 10 min St. Michael Medical Center 12 min Silverdale retail core Carr Boulevard
Schematic, not to scale. Drive times are approximate and are offered for orientation only.

Employment

  • 42,700

    Naval Base Kitsap personnel — 24,340 civilian, 18,360 active duty. The county's largest employer.

    Kitsap Economic Development Alliance, Kitsap Top Employers Report · July 14, 2026

  • Up to $30B

    Navy Multi-Mission Dry Dock program. RFP fall 2026, contracts 2027, construction from 2028 for up to ten years.

    Kitsap Economic Development Alliance, Multibillion-Dollar Navy Dry Dock Project · July 21, 2026

  • 2,087 jobs

    St. Michael Medical Center, ten minutes from the site.

    Kitsap Economic Development Alliance, Kitsap Top Employers Report · July 14, 2026

Bremerton market snapshot

$488,829
Typical home value · +1.2% yr
$462,150
Median sale price
$1,940/mo
Average rent · +2.4% yr
9 days
Median time to pending

Zillow Home Value Index and rent data, Bremerton WA · Data through July 31, 2026; median sale June 30, 2026.

New construction nearby

Starting prices at nearby new-construction communities.
BuilderCommunityFromSize
Lennar Stoneridge townhomes, Silverdale $399,950 1,298–1,684 SF
KB Home McCormick Trails, Port Orchard (SFR) $482,950
LGI Homes Eldorado (SFR) $505,900
Century Communities Sinclair Ridge, Bremerton (SFR) $609,990

$634,704 Average Bremerton-area new-home price across 1,223 homes in 317 communities. Fee-simple attached homes with garages at Carr Boulevard price under the detached product while sitting closest to the shipyard, the ferry and the Kitsap Way corridor.

NewHomeSource new-construction listings, Bremerton area · September 2026.