Benton City vs Prosser

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

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

Prosser has the higher population (6,213 vs 3,559 in Benton City). Prosser has the higher median household income ($66,406 vs $52,581 in Benton City). Prosser has the higher median home value ($269,300 vs $262,800 in Benton City).

Population, income & housing

	Benton City	Prosser
Population	3,559	6,213
Median age	27.1 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,581	$66,406
Median home value	$262,800	$269,300
Median gross rent	$1,159	$894
Housing units	1,346	2,445
Homeownership rate	72.5%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton City	Prosser
Population	3,373 → 3,559 (+5.5%)	6,202 → 6,213 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$55,175 → $52,581 (-4.7%)	$50,164 → $66,406 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $262,800 (+77.1%)	$182,900 → $269,300 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $1,159 (+34.3%)	$835 → $894 (+7.1%)

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

Prosser

Population

6,2026,213

Median household income

$50,164$66,406

Median home value

$182,900$269,300

Median gross rent

$835$894

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton City	Prosser
Under 5	15.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	18.6%	20.5%
18 to 24	9.9%	11.4%
25 to 34	23.0%	15.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	5.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	6.5%	7.9%
75 and over	3.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton City	Prosser
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	43.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	37.1%	53.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton City	Prosser
No high school diploma	15.9%	18.9%
High school graduate	38.2%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton City	Prosser
Drove alone	78.2%	69.8%
Carpooled	15.0%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton City	Prosser
1-unit, detached	54.2%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	15.8%
Mobile home & other	28.8%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Benton City	Prosser
Poverty rate	14.5%	20.2%
Average household size	2.74	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1990	1975