Geographic-scope notice: Tri-Cities is not a separately-incorporated place in the U.S. Census Bureau's Place geography – it is either a neighborhood within a larger municipality (in Franklin County) or a town-class subdivision in a state where the Census reports demographics at the town rather than place level. To avoid presenting county-level aggregates as city-level data, this page does not show synthetic Census or health figures for Tri-Cities. For the surrounding county aggregates, see the Washington state directory.
Area profile (no Census Place)
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Tri-Cities, WA (in Franklin County) is not a Census Place. Areazine keeps this area page for alerts and navigation, without a place-level population or demographic snapshot.
Franklin County, Washington. Tri-Cities has no Census Place boundary in the ACS geography Areazine uses, so this page does not invent a population or income figure for the named area. Use the state directory for surrounding county aggregates and the alerts below when the area appears in a federal feed.
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The quick read
Reading Tri-Cities, WA beyond the headline numbers
Tri-Cities sits inside Franklin County, Washington, at roughly 46.25°N, -119.20°W. The Census Bureau does not publish a Place-level population for Tri-Cities, so Areazine does not invent one; county aggregates live on the Washington state directory.
4 hospitals in/around Tri-Cities (nearest 4.6 mi away), 3/5 avg rating, 3 with an ER. Climate: 53.3°F annual average, 7.7" precipitation.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Tri-Cities 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.
Hospitals Within Range 4 within 25 mi
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.
What alerts and safety updates affect Tri-Cities?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Tri-Cities right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet WA-TRI-CITIES · Tri-Cities
Tri-Cities: 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 Tri-Cities; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Washington state hubs · Methodology
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Next steps for Tri-Cities
Use this page for area alerts and navigation, not as a Census Place demographic report for Tri-Cities.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Tri-Cities area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Open the Washington state directory for surrounding county aggregates; Tri-Cities has no Census Place population on Areazine. Explore Washington
- Compare nearby Census Places from the cities directory when you need place-level income or population figures. Browse cities
Tri-Cities is not a Census Place in ACS geography. Areazine does not invent a place-level population or income figure here; county aggregates and peer Places live on the state and cities directories.
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 (Franklin 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. Tri-Cities is not a Census Place; this page does not invent place-level population or demographics. County aggregates and peer Places are linked from the state and cities directories. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.