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Kennewick, WA

85,155 Population
28.5 square miles 2,987.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±2.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 34.7 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$34,231 ±$5,367 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: $38,117 ±$1,686
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $52,011 ±$541
$65,796 ±$8,744 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: $83,053 ±$3,631
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $94,605 ±$1,221

16.8% ±5.2% (13,931  ±4,315) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 12.4% † 38,407 (±1.7% / ±5,314)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 10.4% 794,426 (±0.3% / ±26,113)

21.1 minutes ±0.8 (712,390  ±39,910) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 22.2 2,715,505 (±0.4 / ±74,211)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)

Families

30,295 ±1,998 Number of households
  • the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 109,481 ±1,797
  • Washington: 3,101,265 ±10,961
2.8 ±0.2 (84,049  ±45) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 2.8 308,289 (±0.1 / ±150)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,659,849

6.5% ±4.4% (1,174  ±788) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 5.5% † 4,059 (±1.8% / ±1,313)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 5.3% 97,347 (±0.3% / ±6,087)

Housing

32,495 ±1,965 Number of housing units
  • the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 116,378 ±67
  • Washington: 3,361,561 ±310

$401,700 ±$23,620 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: $416,600 ±$12,531
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $576,000 ±$3,882

9.9% ±2.7% (8,348  ±2,228.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 10.8% † 33,527 (±1.5% / ±4,638)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 14.2% 1,099,648 (±0.4% / ±28,225.1)

Social

84.2% ±6.8% (44,559  ±4,134.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 85.6% 171,232 (±3.5% / ±6,931)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 92.4% 5,090,206 (±0.7% / ±36,316.2)
27.8% ±3.7% (14,691  ±2,076.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 30% 60,061 (±1.7% / ±3,457.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 40.5% 2,229,338 (±0.4% / ±21,620.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.9% ±2.5% (10,988  ±2,136) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 12.5% 39,188
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 15.5% 1,213,933

5.1% ±1.6% (3,116  ±958) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 6.6% † 15,020 (±0.9% / ±1,962)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 7.6% 465,141 (±0.2% / ±9,288)
3,116 Total veterans ±958 2,499 Male ±858 617 Female ±390

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