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Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area

290,296 Population
2,941.6 square miles 98.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington: 37.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,680 ±$1,045 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington: $36,975 ±$305
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$63,617 ±$3,950 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Washington: $70,979 ±$583
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

12.7% ±2% (36,322  ±5,675) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington: 11% 802,159 (±0.3% / ±24,114)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

21 minutes ±0.8 (2,562,620  ±129,309) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Washington: 27.9 93,074,920 (±0.2 / ±894,528)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

98,742 ±1,625 Number of households
  • Washington: 2,840,377 ±11,168
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.9 ±0.1 (286,519  ±1,137) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington: 2.6 7,262,753 (±0)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

4.7% ±1.6% (3,153  ±1,095) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington: 5.6% 97,643 (±0.3% / ±4,476)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

104,252 ±381 Number of housing units
  • Washington: 3,103,263 ±359
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$228,500 ±$8,194 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington: $339,000 ±$2,463
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

13.5% ±1.8% (38,809  ±5,244.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 17.8% 1,302,329 (±0.4% / ±30,564.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

85.3% ±3.4% (155,399  ±6,240.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 91.3% 4,658,005 (±0.6% / ±32,871.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
25.7% ±1.8% (46,917  ±3,260.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington: 35.5% 1,811,119 (±0.4% / ±19,778.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

14.4% ±1.2% (41,907  ±3,548) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Washington: 14.3% 1,060,153 (±0.2% / ±17,490)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

8.4% ±0.9% (17,342  ±1,932) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Washington: 9.4% 535,293 (±0.2% / ±11,191)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
17,342 Total veterans ±1,932 15,703 Male ±1,776 1,639 Female ±679

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