Benton City vs West Richland

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

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

West Richland has the higher population (17,126 vs 3,559 in Benton City). West Richland has the higher median household income ($118,056 vs $52,581 in Benton City). West Richland has the higher median home value ($404,300 vs $262,800 in Benton City).

Population, income & housing

	Benton City	West Richland
Population	3,559	17,126
Median age	27.1 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,581	$118,056
Median home value	$262,800	$404,300
Median gross rent	$1,159	$1,577
Housing units	1,346	6,031
Homeownership rate	72.5%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton City	West Richland
Population	3,373 → 3,559 (+5.5%)	14,495 → 17,126 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$55,175 → $52,581 (-4.7%)	$99,817 → $118,056 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $262,800 (+77.1%)	$270,500 → $404,300 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $1,159 (+34.3%)	$1,280 → $1,577 (+23.2%)

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

West Richland

Population

14,49517,126

Median household income

$99,817$118,056

Median home value

$270,500$404,300

Median gross rent

$1,280$1,577

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton City	West Richland
Under 5	15.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.6%	25.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	5.2%
25 to 34	23.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	15.7%
45 to 54	8.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	5.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	6.5%	7.0%
75 and over	3.1%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton City	West Richland
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	72.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.7%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	37.1%	15.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton City	West Richland
No high school diploma	15.9%	7.5%
High school graduate	38.2%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton City	West Richland
Drove alone	78.2%	71.7%
Carpooled	15.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.8%	16.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton City	West Richland
1-unit, detached	54.2%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	28.8%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Benton City	West Richland
Poverty rate	14.5%	7.2%
Average household size	2.74	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1990	2000