Finley vs West Richland

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

Finley 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 5,734 in Finley). West Richland has the higher median household income ($118,056 vs $87,824 in Finley). West Richland has the higher median home value ($404,300 vs $296,900 in Finley).

Population, income & housing

	Finley	West Richland
Population	5,734	17,126
Median age	43.7 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,824	$118,056
Median home value	$296,900	$404,300
Median gross rent	$1,129	$1,577
Housing units	1,993	6,031
Homeownership rate	84.3%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Finley	West Richland
Population	6,021 → 5,734 (-4.8%)	14,495 → 17,126 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$73,196 → $87,824 (+20.0%)	$99,817 → $118,056 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$194,100 → $296,900 (+53.0%)	$270,500 → $404,300 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,064 → $1,129 (+6.1%)	$1,280 → $1,577 (+23.2%)

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

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)

	Finley	West Richland
Under 5	1.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	19.4%	25.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	19.2%	10.5%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.0%
75 and over	9.5%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Finley	West Richland
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7%	72.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	4.2%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	35.9%	15.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Finley	West Richland
No high school diploma	21.4%	7.5%
High school graduate	31.2%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Finley	West Richland
Drove alone	78.1%	71.7%
Carpooled	9.2%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.5%	16.1%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Finley	West Richland
1-unit, detached	42.8%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	53.5%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Finley	West Richland
Poverty rate	9.8%	7.2%
Average household size	3.11	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1983	2000