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West Richland, WA

17,126 Population
22.1 square miles 774.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 34.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,236 ±$2,367 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: $38,785 ±$831
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $51,493 ±$245
$118,056 ±$5,581 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: $85,881 ±$2,193
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Washington: $94,952 ±$476

7.2% ±3.4% (1,228  ±572) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 11.7% 35,422 (±1% / ±3,124)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 9.9% 753,455 (±0.2% / ±11,430)

24.8 minutes ±2 (159,005  ±17,150) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 22.2 2,715,505 (±0.4 / ±74,211)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 27 83,194,470 (±0.1 / ±402,464)

Families

5,722 ±238 Number of households
  • the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 105,814 ±741
  • Washington: 3,020,558 ±5,770
3 ±0.1 (17,116  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 2.9 303,017 (±0 / ±823)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.5 7,588,019

5.1% ±2.6% (214  ±110) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 5.8% † 4,126 (±0.8% / ±550)
  • a little less than the rate in Washington: 5.3% 95,720 (±0.1% / ±2,435)

Housing

6,031 ±270 Number of housing units
  • the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 112,280 ±263
  • Washington: 3,262,667 ±447

$404,300 ±$18,442 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: $362,200 ±$5,163
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $519,800 ±$2,550

8.9% ±2.3% (1,508  ±391.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 12.7% 38,439 (±0.9% / ±2,697)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,157,574 (±0.2% / ±13,781.2)

Social

92.5% ±4.6% (9,890  ±633.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 86% 166,738 (±1.7% / ±3,270.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 92.2% 4,987,606 (±0.3% / ±16,795.6)
39.6% ±3.4% (4,227  ±396.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 29.3% 56,799 (±1% / ±1,995.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 38.8% 2,097,154 (±0.2% / ±10,784.8)

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

8.1% ±2.5% (1,382  ±419) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 14.6% 44,883
  • about half the rate in Washington: 15.1% 1,170,683

9.1% ±1.7% (1,047  ±201) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area: 7.4% 16,250 (±0.4% / ±823)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 8.1% 486,714 (±0.1% / ±4,612)
1,047 Total veterans ±201 969 Male ±194 78 Female ±46

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