Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety54#430/924
Economy71#273/925
Housing33#617/925
Health75#233/925
Healthcare53#436/923
Environment23#705/917
Education46#496/925
Infrastructure95#49/925
Community25#694/925
Leisure & amenities48#477/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Distance to an airport · low8 mi
100/100Washington 29 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Adult smoking · low11.0%
95/100Washington 12.2%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
New homes permitted · high8.7 /1k
93/100Washington 4.9 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Median household income · high$89,010
91/100Washington $99,309United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Injury deaths · low69 /100k
88/100Washington 86 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Average weekly wage · high$1,346
88/100Washington $1,917United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Weaknesses

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high10.1 µg/m³
1/100Washington 8.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Social associations · low7.1 /10k
13/100Washington 8.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Drug overdose deaths · high27.7 /100k
13/100Washington 32.7 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
High school diploma or higher · low85.9%
17/100Washington 92.3%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Pharmacies · low1.0 /10k
19/100Washington 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Home price to income ratio · high4.5×
19/100Washington 5.8×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
304,545 (2020) → 324,334 (2025)
+6.5%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureImproving
94% (2021) → 72% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
−22 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
5 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
New business applicationsImproving
7.7 /1k (2020) → 13.7 /1k (2025)
+79%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
57.8% (2010 & 2021) → 71.0% (2022 & 2024)
+13 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Drug overdose deathsWorsening
19.5 /100k (2021) → 27.7 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
+42%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area improved on 11 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 7 moved within the margin of error and 7 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

New businesses+79%7.7 /1k → 13.7 /1k
Household income+32%$67,310 → $89,010
Restaurants+7.3%7.6 /10k → 8.2 /10k
Grocery stores+8%1.3 /10k → 1.4 /10k
Child poverty−4.2 points19.0% → 14.7%

Declined7

Libraries−14%0.4 /10k → 0.4 /10k
Price / income+1.1×3.4× → 4.5×
Overdose deaths+41%19.7 /100k → 27.7 /100k
Violent crime+6.8%248 /100k → 265 /100k
Inequality+0.0140.421 → 0.434

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.3 /10k2020	3.3 /10k2025	+2.4%	Little change	35%
Average commute time	21.7 min2015-2019	22.3 min2020-2024	+0.6 min	Within the margin of error	43%
Average weekly wage	$1,1022020	$1,3462025	+22%	Improved	37%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%2015-2019	29.6%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Improved	45%
Broadband subscriptions	84.8%2015-2019	92.4%2020-2024	+7.5 points	Improved	30%
Child poverty rate	19.0%2015-2019	14.7%2020-2024	−4.2 points	Improved	70%
Distance to an airport	8 mi2020	8 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	18%
Drug overdose deaths	19.7 /100k2020	27.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+41%	Declined	11%
Effective property tax rate	0.96%2015-2019	0.75%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	74%
Firearm deaths	11.1 /100k2020	12.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+10%	Declined	34%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+8%	Improved	73%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.2 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	−3.5%	Little change	32%
High school diploma or higher	85.7%2015-2019	85.9%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Home price to income ratio	3.4×2015-2019	4.5×2020-2024	+1.1×	Declined	9%
Homicide rate	3.6 /100k2020	3.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+3.2%	Little change	20%
Income adjusted for local prices	$44,1602019	$56,9212024	+29%	Improved	28%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4212015-2019	0.4342020-2024	+0.014	Declined	22%
Median household income	$67,3102015-2019	$89,0102020-2024	+32%	Improved	76%
New business applications	7.7 /1k2020	13.7 /1k2025	+79%	Improved	86%
Pharmacies	1.1 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−0.2%	Little change	71%
Poverty rate	12.9%2015-2019	11.7%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Property crime rate	2,347 /100k2020	1,747 /100k2025	−26%	Improved	33%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	−14%	Declined	7%
Public transit commuters	0.7%2015-2019	0.9%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Rent as share of income	27.9%2015-2019	29.2%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Rent-burdened households	45.2%2015-2019	48.2%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Restaurants and bars	7.6 /10k2020	8.2 /10k2025	+7.3%	Improved	72%
Suicide rate	16.6 /100k2020	17.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+4.5%	Little change	51%
Traffic deaths	7.7 /100k2015-2019	9.4 /100k2020-2024	+21%	Declined	27%
Unemployment rate	8.3%2020	4.9%2025	−3.4 points	Improved	63%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.7%2015-2019	11.0%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Violent crime rate	248 /100k2020	265 /100k2025	+6.8%	Declined	20%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area itself moved −3.8 points in standing on average over the same 30 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

311,807 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 men (−0.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

311,807 residents

Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area
United States share

White56%174,249
Black1.7%5,235
Hispanic or Latino35%109,210

Education

197,207 residents (±328)

Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area
United States share

No high school diploma14%27,879
High school or GED25%48,370
Some college21%41,678

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

107,936 households (±684)

Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area
United States share

Under $25k12%13,154
$25k–50k14%15,506
$50k–75k16%16,761
$75k–100k14%15,190
$100k–150k20%21,804
$150k–200k11%11,722
$200k or more13%13,799

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+6.7 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

107,936 households (±684)

Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area
United States share

Own69%73,988
Rent31%33,948

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

32,475 households (±1,156)

Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area
United States share

Under $75012%3,799
$750–1,00014%4,580
$1,000–1,50039%12,777

Home values

73,988 homes (±1,221)

Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area
United States share

Under $150k8.5%6,282
$150k–250k10%7,649
$250k–400k32%23,440

Age of homes

114,284 homes (±372)

Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area
United States share

2010 or later19%22,003
2000–200919%21,560
1980–199919%22,159

Size of homes

114,284 homes (±372)

Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area
United States share

Studio2.6%2,980
1 bedroom8.0%9,177
2 bedrooms19%21,708

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

137,764 workers (±1,926)

Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area
United States share

Drive alone74%102,561
Carpool11%15,191
Public transit0.9%†1,291
Walk1.0%1,342
Bike0.2%†315
Work from home11%15,680
Other1.0%†1,384

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+7.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

122,084 workers (±1,885)

Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area
United States share

Under 15 min31%38,157
15–29 min44%53,522
30–44 min13%15,645

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Kennewick-Richland, WA employ 29,000 people. 10 pay a median above the US median.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Kennewick-Richland, WA by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Home Health and Personal Care Aides4,800 jobs	4,800	$47,810US $35,800	+34%	1.34×
Fast Food and Counter Workers4,120 jobs	4,120	$36,410US $31,200	+17%	1.28×
Retail Salespersons3,580 jobs	3,580	$37,600US $35,410	+6%	1.1×
Registered Nurses2,560 jobs	2,560	$106,410US $97,550	+9%	0.91×
Stockers and Order Fillers2,540 jobs	2,540	$38,940US $37,330	+4%	1.08×
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse2,470 jobs	2,470	$42,340US $35,660	+19%	11×
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary2,450 jobs	2,450	$45,510US $36,780	+24%	2.07×
Cashiers2,450 jobs	2,450	$36,610US $32,880	+11%	0.95×
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers2,100 jobs	2,100	$62,520US $58,640	+7%	1.22×
Office Clerks, General1,930 jobs	1,930	$49,470US $45,010	+10%	0.94×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Kennewick-Richland, WA.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Kennewick-Richland, WA has 6,928 employer establishments, 220 for every 10,000 residents (0.88× the US rate of 248), with 100,711 paid employees at an average annual pay of $64,124. The Census Bureau also counts 16,435 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,928; 16,435 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 220; US 248
Paid employees: 100,711
Average annual pay: $64,124; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Kennewick-Richland, WA by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	742	23.5	1.52×More than typical	8,560	$81,206	792
Ambulatory health care services	616	19.5	0.94×About typical	8,592	$65,578	676
Restaurants and other eating places	525	16.6	0.91×About typical	9,235	$26,803	75
Lessors of real estate	383	12.1	0.99×About typical	1,094	$47,090	1,719
Construction of buildings	320	10.1	1.34×More than typical	1,664	$67,491	386
Services to buildings and dwellings	250	7.9	1.18×About typical	1,785	$38,899	698
Building finishing contractors	235	7.5	1.96×More than typical	1,359	$49,503	284
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	230	7.3	2.31×More than typical	1,377	$57,118	121
Limited-service restaurants	203	6.4	0.80×About typical	4,464	$23,187	30
Offices of other health practitioners	202	6.4	1.05×About typical	1,217	$47,060	366
Truck transportation	200	6.3	1.25×More than typical	1,911	$62,805	629
Full-service restaurants	192	6.1	0.79×Fewer than typical	3,563	$31,157	22

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 315,388 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.8B on contracts performed in Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area: $11,574 per resident (US $2,008).

Obligations: $3.8B; −14% vs FY2025
Per resident: $11,574; US $2,008
Sole-source: 0.3%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.1%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Energy$3.7B99%
Department of the Army$10.4M0.3%
Bureau of Land Management$5.7M0.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs$3.3M0.1%
Department of the Navy$2.6M0.1%
Public Buildings Service$1.8M0.0%
Agricultural Marketing Service$683.4K0.0%
Agricultural Research Service$524.4K0.0%

Top recipients

BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE$1.4B37%
HANFORD TANK WASTE OPERATIONS & CLOSURE, LLC$979.8M26%
BECHTEL NATIONAL, INC.$627M17%
CENTRAL PLATEAU CLEANUP COMPANY, LLC$551.2M15%
HANFORD LABORATORY MANAGEMENT AND INTEGRATION LLC$120M3.2%

Spending by fiscal year

3.4BFY2017
3.4BFY2018
3.4BFY2019
3.7BFY2020
3.5BFY2021
3.4BFY2022
3.7BFY2023
4B

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$1.4B37%
Waste treatment and disposal · 5622$971.4M26%
Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$671.3M18%
Construction (NAICS 2349) · 2349$627M17%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$28.7M0.8%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419

Largest awards

BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE/PACIFIC NORTHWEST LABORATORY OPERATING AND MANAGING CONTRACT$30.9B
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE· Benton County, WA· Facilities & utilities· Oct 24, 2016 – Aug 26, 2026· DEAC0576RL01830
THIS MODIFICATION UPDATES SECTION J, LIST OF ATTACHMENTS, ATTACHMENT J-E, LIST OF APPLICABLE DIRECTIVES, TO ALIGN WITH PROJECT VELOCITY DIRECTION FROM DOE HQ.$17.3B
BECHTEL NATIONAL, INC.· Benton County, WA· Construction & real property· Oct 21, 2016 – Aug 20, 2026· DEAC2701RV14136
MANAGEMENT OF THE HANFORD SITE TANK FARMS$10.6B
WASHINGTON RIVER PROTECTION SOLUTIONS LLC· Benton County, WA· Facilities & utilities· Oct 26, 2016 – Aug 7, 2026· DEAC2708RV14800

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.6B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area: $4,993 per resident (US $12,990).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.6B; −8.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4,993; US $12,990
Loan face value: $108.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.1B65%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$143.7M8.9%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$114.7M7.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$82.7M5.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$48.6M3.0%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$17.4M1.1%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$15.5M1.0%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$14.4M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE$13.8M0.9%
RICHLAND, WA
COLUMBIA BASIN COLLEGE$13.7M0.8%
PASCO, WA
WASHINGTON ST DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$13.7M0.8%
OLYMPIA, WA
TRI CITIES AIRPORT-PORT OF PASCO$11.3M0.7%
PASCO, WA
HOUSING AUTHORITY CY KENNEWICK$10.6M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$1.3B80%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$164.1M10%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$29.9M1.8%
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education$16.7M1.0%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$16.2M

Assistance by fiscal year

1.4BFY2021
1.3BFY2022
1.5BFY2023
1.5BFY2024
1.8BFY2025
1.6BFY2026

County aggregates

91%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Kennewick-Richland, WA

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Washington

Areas based in Washington, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved11

Declined7

Metro and micro areas like Kennewick-Richland, WA metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Kennewick-Richland, WA

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Washington

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved11

Declined7

Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Look up any occupation

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought