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Benton City, WA

3,498 Population
2.5 square miles 1,405.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.1 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 34.3 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Washington: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$21,319 ±$3,687 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: $37,023 ±$808
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Washington: $48,685 ±$231
$51,558 ±$14,481 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: $82,146 ±$1,701
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Washington: $90,325 ±$433

16.5% ±9.2% (577  ±323) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 11.4% 34,266 (±0.8% / ±2,437)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 747,538 (±0.2% / ±12,498)

26.4 minutes ±4.2 (29,440  ±6,857) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 22.3 2,743,900 (±0.5 / ±78,728)
  • a little less than the figure in Washington: 27.3 86,033,296 (±0.1 / ±396,856)

Families

1,310 ±186 Number of households
  • the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 103,859 ±670
  • Washington: 2,979,272 ±5,779
2.7 ±0.4 (3,498  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 2.9 299,997 (±0 / ±226)
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,535,102

21.6% ±11.2% (159  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 5.9% † 4,178 (±0.7% / ±492)
  • more than double the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,119 (±0.1% / ±2,538)

Housing

1,353 ±200 Number of housing units
  • the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 110,227 ±111
  • Washington: 3,216,243 ±644

$224,200 ±$31,640 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: $330,200 ±$4,506
  • about half the amount in Washington: $473,400 ±$1,571

5.6% ±4.6% (183  ±,150.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 13.8% 41,321 (±1% / ±2,967.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Washington: 15.9% 1,213,002 (±0.2% / ±14,919.5)

Social

86% ±7.7% (1,801  ±,299.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 85.9% 164,269 (±1.6% / ±3,041.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 92.1% 4,923,665 (±0.3% / ±17,432.6)
8.5% ±3.5% (177  ±78) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 28.7% 54,917 (±0.9% / ±1,741.3)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Washington: 38% 2,029,443 (±0.2% / ±10,889.6)

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

18.2% ±7% (635  ±245) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 14.9% 45,451
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 14.9% 1,143,428

8.8% ±5.2% (212  ±128) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 7.6% 16,668 (±0.5% / ±1,014)
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington: 8.4% 499,332 (±0.1% / ±4,883)
212 Total veterans ±128 212 Male ±128 N/A Female ±13

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