City safety & data profile
KennewickWA
Kennewick, WA is a 79K-resident city in Benton County with a median household income of $73,576.
Benton County, Washington. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Kennewick, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Kennewick has a population larger than 89% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $370,700, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 79K
- Population (place)
- Top 11%
- By size
- $73,576
- Median income (place)
- $370,700
- Median home (place)
- 14.3%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Kennewick
Kennewick posts a median household income higher than 42% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Kennewick area.
- Bottom 43%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Kennewick
Composite score · Kennewick, WA
40/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Curious how Kennewick stacks up nationwide? See the full tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Kennewick income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$73,576 Bottom 42% higher than 42% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
WA cities ranked by population
Population among 109 WA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Seattle
Seattle, WA
780,995 residents
- Spokane 229,447
Spokane, WA
229,447 residents
- Tacoma 222,906
Tacoma, WA
222,906 residents
- Vancouver 196,442
Vancouver, WA
196,442 residents
- Bellevue 139,820
Bellevue, WA
139,820 residents
- Kent 126,952
Kent, WA
126,952 residents
- Everett 108,010
Everett, WA
108,010 residents
- Renton 100,242
Renton, WA
100,242 residents
- Federal Way 95,171
Federal Way, WA
95,171 residents
- Spokane Valley 94,919
Spokane Valley, WA
94,919 residents
What this shows Seattle is the largest WA city on this list; Sammamish leads median income.
Income ranking: WA
The same 109-city WA pool, sorted by median household income instead of headcount. Tooltip carries the population rank.
- Sammamish
Sammamish, WA
$239,690 median
- Mercer Island
Mercer Island, WA
$219,069 median
- Snoqualmie
Snoqualmie, WA
$214,107 median
- Cottage Lake
Cottage Lake, WA
$213,106 median
- Mill Creek East
Mill Creek East, WA
$192,937 median
- Maltby
Maltby, WA
$185,457 median
- Union Hill-Novelty Hill
Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WA
$185,369 median
- Bainbridge Island
Bainbridge Island, WA
$172,188 median
- Bellevue
Bellevue, WA
$165,576 median
- Woodinville
Woodinville, WA
$164,398 median
What this shows Sammamish leads this pool on median income; Seattle is the population leader instead.
The quick read
Reading Kennewick, WA beyond the headline numbers
Kennewick sits inside Benton County, Washington, at roughly 46.21°N, -119.14°W. Population 78,896, $73,576 median household income. Median home value $370,700, median rent $1,240. Poverty rate 14.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Kennewick, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 55.1°F annual average, 8" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 11.3% in Kennewick, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.
A median home in Kennewick runs about 5.0 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
Poverty in Kennewick, WA stands at 14.3%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
26.2% of Kennewick adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
Remote work covers 9.7% of Kennewick workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Median rent in Kennewick, WA runs $1,240/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.
Unemployment in Kennewick sits at 5%, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Kennewick from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Benton County): Kennewick's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
The Economic Picture
What stands out most about Kennewick's economic profile: median rent at $1,240/mo, 19% below the average across tracked places. Median household income runs 18% below average too, at $73,576.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 14.3% +15% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 5% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 26.2% |
| Work From Home | 9.7% |
| Public Transit | 1.7% |
By the Numbers
Health Snapshot 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Local Hospitals 1 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20240.1% above national average
Metro area: Kennewick-Richland, WA (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
NFIP Flood Claim History
FEMA NFIP, county-levelBenton County has recorded 15 National Flood Insurance Program claims totaling $256K in payouts since 2016.
2025-12-AtmosphericRiver alone generated 11 of those claims, the county's largest named flood event in this record.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Kennewick?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Kennewick right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet WA-KENNEWICK · Kennewick
Kennewick: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Kennewick; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Washington state hubs · Methodology
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Comparable cities by poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Kennewick, both outside Washington so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WA (14.3% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WA ($73,576 here).
Compare Kennewick with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Next steps for Kennewick
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Kennewick area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- A median income figure alone can mislead, cross-check it against the poverty rate for the fuller picture.
- Compare Kennewick against Washington peers on any ranking lens. Explore Washington
Place-level figures for population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) come from U.S. Census ACS; health data is CDC PLACES; hospital counts cover facilities in and around the city. Any county-level trend is labeled as such.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Benton County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.