Benton City vs Kennewick

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

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

Kennewick has the higher population (84,389 vs 3,559 in Benton City). Kennewick has the higher median household income ($72,867 vs $52,581 in Benton City). Kennewick has the higher median home value ($343,600 vs $262,800 in Benton City).

Population, income & housing

	Benton City	Kennewick
Population	3,559	84,389
Median age	27.1 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,581	$72,867
Median home value	$262,800	$343,600
Median gross rent	$1,159	$1,199
Housing units	1,346	32,825
Homeownership rate	72.5%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton City	Kennewick
Population	3,373 → 3,559 (+5.5%)	81,479 → 84,389 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$55,175 → $52,581 (-4.7%)	$59,533 → $72,867 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $262,800 (+77.1%)	$215,500 → $343,600 (+59.4%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $1,159 (+34.3%)	$922 → $1,199 (+30.0%)

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

Kennewick

Population

81,47984,389

Median household income

$59,533$72,867

Median home value

$215,500$343,600

Median gross rent

$922$1,199

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton City	Kennewick
Under 5	15.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	19.0%
18 to 24	9.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	23.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	5.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.5%	10.0%
75 and over	3.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton City	Kennewick
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	59.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.6%
Asian	0.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	37.1%	31.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton City	Kennewick
No high school diploma	15.9%	13.2%
High school graduate	38.2%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton City	Kennewick
Drove alone	78.2%	75.6%
Carpooled	15.0%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.8%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton City	Kennewick
1-unit, detached	54.2%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	28.8%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Benton City	Kennewick
Poverty rate	14.5%	13.9%
Average household size	2.74	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1990	1980