Benton City vs Finley

A side-by-side comparison of Benton City and Finley: population, income, housing, and more.

Benton City and Finley are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Finley has the higher population (5,734 vs 3,559 in Benton City). Finley has the higher median household income ($87,824 vs $52,581 in Benton City). Finley has the higher median home value ($296,900 vs $262,800 in Benton City).

Population, income & housing

	Benton City	Finley
Population	3,559	5,734
Median age	27.1 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,581	$87,824
Median home value	$262,800	$296,900
Median gross rent	$1,159	$1,129
Housing units	1,346	1,993
Homeownership rate	72.5%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton City	Finley
Population	3,373 → 3,559 (+5.5%)	6,021 → 5,734 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$55,175 → $52,581 (-4.7%)	$73,196 → $87,824 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $262,800 (+77.1%)	$194,100 → $296,900 (+53.0%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $1,159 (+34.3%)	$1,064 → $1,129 (+6.1%)

Benton City

Population

3,3733,559

Median household income

$55,175$52,581

Median home value

$148,400$262,800

Median gross rent

$863$1,159

Finley

Population

6,0215,734

Median household income

$73,196$87,824

Median home value

$194,100$296,900

Median gross rent

$1,064$1,129

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton City	Finley
Under 5	15.5%	1.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	23.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	5.4%	19.2%
65 to 74	6.5%	6.6%
75 and over	3.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton City	Finley
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	59.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	37.1%	35.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton City	Finley
No high school diploma	15.9%	21.4%
High school graduate	38.2%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton City	Finley
Drove alone	78.2%	78.1%
Carpooled	15.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton City	Finley
1-unit, detached	54.2%	42.8%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	28.8%	53.5%

Poverty & households

	Benton City	Finley
Poverty rate	14.5%	9.8%
Average household size	2.74	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1990	1983