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West Richland, WA

17,586 Population
22.1 square miles 795.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 34.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,272 ±$2,638 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: $39,747 ±$821
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $53,744 ±$274
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$119,892 ±$5,236 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: $89,010 ±$2,114
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $98,141 ±$414
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.5% ±3.7% (1,485  ±656) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 11.7% 35,804 (±1.1% / ±3,228)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 9.9% 760,577 (±0.2% / ±11,694)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.5 minutes ±2 (158,490  ±17,626) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 22.3 2,721,305 (±0.5 / ±81,480)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,890 ±240 Number of households
  • the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 107,936 ±684
  • Washington: 3,064,820 ±5,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.1 (17,577  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 2.8 306,393 (±0 / ±1,169)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,661,923
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.4% ±2.8% (284  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 5.8% † 4,198 (±0.8% / ±554)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 5.1% 93,594 (±0.1% / ±2,360)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,244 ±252 Number of housing units
  • the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 114,284 ±372
  • Washington: 3,306,620 ±517
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$448,300 ±$12,891 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: $397,900 ±$6,086
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $564,600 ±$1,940
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.8% ±2.4% (1,702  ±414.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 11.9% 36,724 (±0.9% / ±2,628.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 14.5% 1,119,329 (±0.2% / ±13,666.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.7% ±4.9% (10,054  ±646.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 85.9% 169,328 (±1.6% / ±3,132.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,060,127 (±0.3% / ±17,462.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.4% ±3.4% (4,313  ±399.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 29.6% 58,450 (±1% / ±1,937.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 39.6% 2,172,536 (±0.2% / ±10,817.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

7.2% ±2.7% (1,259  ±466) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 14.4% 44,947
  • about half the rate in Washington: 15.4% 1,206,843
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.9% ±2% (1,075  ±240) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 7% 15,828 (±0.4% / ±782)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 7.8% 473,124 (±0.1% / ±4,854)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,075 Total veterans ±240 953 Male ±213 122 Female ±81

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