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Kennewick, WA

86,721 Population
28.5 square miles 3,042.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 35.1 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.7 ±0.2

Economics

$35,784 ±$3,702 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: $39,057 ±$1,636
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $55,177 ±$479
$78,226 ±$10,633 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: $89,573 ±$4,711
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $99,389 ±$1,322

14.7% ±4% (12,632  ±3,451) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 13.1% † 41,302 (±1.9% / ±5,920)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 9.9% 776,683 (±0.3% / ±22,218)

21.3 minutes ±0.9 (706,750  ±42,950) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 22.3 2,721,305 (±0.5 / ±81,480)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington: 26.6 80,794,790 (±0.1 / ±440,159)

Families

33,463 ±2,126 Number of households
  • the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 113,061 ±1,454
  • Washington: 3,168,080 ±9,393
2.6 ±0.2 (85,637  ±44) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 2.8 313,040 (±0 / ±357)
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,802,363

8.1% ±4.1% (1,803  ±912) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 7.8% † 5,839 (±1.8% / ±1,372)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington: 4.7% 89,530 (±0.3% / ±5,962)

Housing

35,463 ±2,107 Number of housing units
  • the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 118,416 ±127
  • Washington: 3,400,980 ±404

$413,700 ±$26,430 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: $442,000 ±$10,741
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $602,200 ±$3,897

15.1% ±4.9% (12,898  ±4,169.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 12.2% † 38,652 (±1.9% / ±6,086.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 13.7% 1,081,341 (±0.4% / ±28,883.7)

Social

86% ±5.8% (48,784  ±4,084.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 86.6% 176,107 (±3.4% / ±6,991.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 92.3% 5,196,048 (±0.7% / ±38,059.4)
27.4% ±4.1% (15,563  ±2,438.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 30.6% 62,152 (±2.1% / ±4,342.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington: 41% 2,309,863 (±0.5% / ±25,188.4)

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

16.5% ±3.9% (14,263  ±3,358) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 15.4% 49,169
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 16.1% 1,280,809

6.4% ±1.9% (4,118  ±1,256) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 6.3% † 14,665 (±0.8% / ±1,910)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 7.3% 455,376 (±0.2% / ±9,621)
4,118 Total veterans ±1,256 3,642 Male ±1,007 476 Female ±739

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