COMMUNITIES
Port Gamble is evolving into a year-round community
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s you read this, Port Gamble is in the midst of a new phase in its history. The old mill site and the nearshore have been restored. Owner Pope Resources is assisting public efforts to acquire its lands for open space preservation and bay access. The company has filed a plan with Kitsap County to build homes, commercial buildings, a hotel and a dock, to transform the visitor destination into a year-round community.
Kingston | from page 28 bachelor’s degree. n School enrollment is 471. Nursery school and kindergarten enrollment is 106 and elementary or high school enrollment is 292. College or graduate school enrollment is 73.
Today, visitors enjoy many of the amenities that the early mill-town families enjoyed: a New England-style town with
tree-lined streets, a community theater, a general store, a variety of shops and stores, and scenery ideal for a wedding
ings and 24 percent receive retirement income other than Social Security. An estimated 40 percent of the households receive Social Security. The average income from Social Security is $19,847.
member 65 years and older. n 49 percent of males and 46 percent of females are married.
Health insurance n 91 percent of residents have health insurance coverage and 9 percent do not.
Households and families
Employment and income n 58 percent of the population 16 and older is employed; 35 percent are not in the labor force. n 77 percent of the people employed are private wage and salary workers; 15 percent are federal, state, or local government workers; and 8 percent are self-employed. n The median income is $47,153. An estimated 8 percent of households has income of less than $15,000 a year and 7 percent has income of $150,000 or more. n 74 percent of households receive earn-
N o r t h
Port Gamble was established in 1853 and resembles the New England hometown of its founders. Annie LaValle
n There are 896 households in Kingston. The average household size is 2.2 people. n Families make up 54 percent of households in Kingston. This figure includes married-couple families (41 percent) and other families (14 percent). n Of other families, 2 percent are singleparent households with children younger than 18. n 18 percent of all households have at least one member younger than 18; 36 percent of all households have at least one
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Housing n Kingston has 1,000 housing units, 15 percent of which are vacant. n 81 percent are single-unit structures, 15 percent are multi-unit structures, and fewer than 0.5 percent are mobile homes. An estimated 57 percent of the housing units were built since 1990. n The median number of rooms in all housing units is 6. Of these housing units, 63 percent have three or more bedrooms. n 74 percent of owner-occupied units has a mortgage. n The median monthly housing costs for mortgaged owners is $1,524, non-mortgaged owners $508, and renters $1,042. An estimated 34 percent of owners with mortgages, 0.5 percent of owners without mortgages, and 61 percent of renters spend 30 percent or more of income on housing.
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