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Burley, Washington.

A community in Kitsap County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Kitsap County’s.

Living in Burley, Kitsap County, Washington

Burley, in Kitsap County, had 2,081 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Kitsap County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Kitsap County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 2,081 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Burley for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.3% Kitsap County, August 2026; 4.2% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Burley for the Census survey to measure.
  • 889households
  • 6%below the poverty line
  • 33 mintypical commute

What people in Kitsap County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Manufacturing11%
  • Government11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Kitsap County had 94,213 jobs in 2025, 0.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 46° and 35°; warmest in August, 77° and 55° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° J F M A M J J A 77° 55° S O N D 46° 35°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 46° and 35°; warmest in August, 77° and 55° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° J F M A M J J A 77° 55° S O N D 46° 35°

Coldest in December, with highs near 46° and lows near 35°; warmest in August, with highs near 77° and lows near 55°. About 3 inches of snow and 57 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bremerton weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Kitsap County

  1. Harrison Medical CenterGeneral hospital1,610FTE
  2. Central Kitsap School DistrictSchool district1,284FTE
  3. South Kitsap School DistrictSchool district1,114FTE
  4. Olympic CollegeUniversity or college750
  5. North Kitsap School DistrictSchool district637FTE
  6. Bremerton School DistrictSchool district578FTE
  7. Lockheed Martin Corporation SWFPC Campus (1575)422
  8. Noo-Kayet DevelopmentCasino hotels420

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 145 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 14,997 people in all across the county; Burley has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. EarthquakesRelatively high
  2. LandslidesRelatively moderate
  3. Heat wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Burley’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Kitsap County.