Kennewick vs West Richland

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

Kennewick and West Richland 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 17,126 in West Richland). West Richland has the higher median household income ($118,056 vs $72,867 in Kennewick). West Richland has the higher median home value ($404,300 vs $343,600 in Kennewick).

Population, income & housing

	Kennewick	West Richland
Population	84,389	17,126
Median age	35.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,867	$118,056
Median home value	$343,600	$404,300
Median gross rent	$1,199	$1,577
Housing units	32,825	6,031
Homeownership rate	62.8%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kennewick	West Richland
Population	81,479 → 84,389 (+3.6%)	14,495 → 17,126 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$59,533 → $72,867 (+22.4%)	$99,817 → $118,056 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$215,500 → $343,600 (+59.4%)	$270,500 → $404,300 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$922 → $1,199 (+30.0%)	$1,280 → $1,577 (+23.2%)

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

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)

	Kennewick	West Richland
Under 5	7.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	19.0%	25.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	7.0%
75 and over	5.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kennewick	West Richland
White (non-Hispanic)	59.6%	72.7%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.4%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	31.8%	15.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kennewick	West Richland
No high school diploma	13.2%	7.5%
High school graduate	26.3%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kennewick	West Richland
Drove alone	75.6%	71.7%
Carpooled	12.3%	9.1%
Public transit	1.7%	0.6%
Walked	1.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.5%	16.1%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kennewick	West Richland
1-unit, detached	60.4%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	3.6%
20 or more units	11.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Kennewick	West Richland
Poverty rate	13.9%	7.2%
Average household size	2.68	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1980	2000