Richland vs West Richland

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

Richland and West 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 17,126 in West Richland). West Richland has the higher median household income ($118,056 vs $92,550 in Richland). West Richland has the higher median home value ($404,300 vs $401,800 in Richland).

Population, income & housing

	Richland	West Richland
Population	61,912	17,126
Median age	36.4 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$92,550	$118,056
Median home value	$401,800	$404,300
Median gross rent	$1,397	$1,577
Housing units	26,188	6,031
Homeownership rate	65.1%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.0%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richland	West Richland
Population	56,399 → 61,912 (+9.8%)	14,495 → 17,126 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$77,686 → $92,550 (+19.1%)	$99,817 → $118,056 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$263,500 → $401,800 (+52.5%)	$270,500 → $404,300 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,087 → $1,397 (+28.5%)	$1,280 → $1,577 (+23.2%)

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

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)

	Richland	West Richland
Under 5	5.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.4%	25.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	15.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.0%
75 and over	7.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richland	West Richland
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	72.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	5.8%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.4%
Some other race	0.7%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.9%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	15.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richland	West Richland
No high school diploma	4.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	16.5%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.8%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richland	West Richland
Drove alone	75.4%	71.7%
Carpooled	7.2%	9.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.6%
Walked	1.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	14.3%	16.1%
Other means	0.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richland	West Richland
1-unit, detached	62.5%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	3.6%
20 or more units	12.2%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Richland	West Richland
Poverty rate	9.3%	7.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1985	2000