Benton City vs Richland

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

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

Richland has the higher population (61,912 vs 3,559 in Benton City). Richland has the higher median household income ($92,550 vs $52,581 in Benton City). Richland has the higher median home value ($401,800 vs $262,800 in Benton City).

Population, income & housing

	Benton City	Richland
Population	3,559	61,912
Median age	27.1 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,581	$92,550
Median home value	$262,800	$401,800
Median gross rent	$1,159	$1,397
Housing units	1,346	26,188
Homeownership rate	72.5%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	46.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton City	Richland
Population	3,373 → 3,559 (+5.5%)	56,399 → 61,912 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$55,175 → $52,581 (-4.7%)	$77,686 → $92,550 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $262,800 (+77.1%)	$263,500 → $401,800 (+52.5%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $1,159 (+34.3%)	$1,087 → $1,397 (+28.5%)

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

Richland

Population

56,39961,912

Median household income

$77,686$92,550

Median home value

$263,500$401,800

Median gross rent

$1,087$1,397

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton City	Richland
Under 5	15.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	23.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	8.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	5.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	6.5%	9.5%
75 and over	3.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton City	Richland
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	73.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	37.1%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton City	Richland
No high school diploma	15.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	38.2%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton City	Richland
Drove alone	78.2%	75.4%
Carpooled	15.0%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.8%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton City	Richland
1-unit, detached	54.2%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	28.8%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Benton City	Richland
Poverty rate	14.5%	9.3%
Average household size	2.74	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1990	1985