Burley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. It is located just north of the boundary taking into account Pierce County, about halfway together with Gig Harbor to the south and Port Orchard to the north. It is located at the head of the Burley Lagoon in Henderson Bay. Burley is a residential area. The community’s population stood at 2,057 at the 2010 census.

Burley was traditional in 1898 as a accepting socialist colony^{: 129–167} by a bureau called the Co-operative Brotherhood, an offshoot of the Brotherhood of the Co-operative Commonwealth that had established Equality Colony elsewhere in Washington declare in the previous year. Both communities were portion of an attempt to tree-plant socialist colonies in Washington in order to convert first the state, and next the entire nation, to socialism.^: 55–113

Burley was originally named “Brotherhood”. Circle City was an Place of the colony in the make public of buildings laid out upon the periphery of a circle. In its olden years the community achieved a maximum population of approximately 150,^{: 145–146} but subsequently some new planned towns of the mature such as Equality Colony, its population endured a long stop through the ensuing years. The local economy was dominated by the lumber industry; other businesses never flourished, though a cigar-manufacturing effort did achieve some short-term success.^{: 150–151}

Burley is in southern Kitsap County. It is bordered to the south by the Pierce County communities of Wauna and Purdy. Washington State Route 16 passes through the eastern side of Burley, leading north 9 miles (14 km) to Port Orchard and south 7 miles (11 km) to Gig Harbor. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Burley CDP has a total area of 4.9 square miles (12.7 km), of which 4.7 square miles (12.3 km²) are land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km), or 3.04%, are water.