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Silverdale
A snapshot profile, gleaned from Kitsap County, Economic Development Council of Kitsap County and 1990 U.S. Census records:

The numbers

Founded: 1878

Square miles: 7

Population: 10,500

Median income: $36,375

Median house value: $124,400
(1995)

Median apartment rent: $700
(1995)

Parks: 2

Housing units: 4,800

The people

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Median age: 32

Enrolled in public school (K-12): 18

Completed four-year college or higher: 23 percent

Below poverty level: 12.8 percent

Home ownership: 66 percent

Renters: 34 percent

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Saturday, June 20, 1998

Quick changes began in the 1980s, and now the mall reigns

Both commuters and native sons like coming home to Kitsap County

Boosters trying to create Silverdale as a city of 10,500

For young and old, schools create community bonds and connections

Machine-shop work welds strong bond between father and son

Jon Hahn: Machine-shop work welds strong bond between father and son

Things to do while you're here

Scenes of Silverdale

Silverdale historical album

By the numbers

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Bremerton

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