What is the population of Richland city?

Richland city has 61,912 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #22 of 639 in Washington.

What is the median household income in Richland city?

Median household income in Richland city is $92,550 a year, 17.8% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Richland city?

Median gross rent is $1,397 a month and the median home value is $401,800, so rent absorbs about 18.1% of median household income.

Is Richland city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Richland city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Richland, WA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Richland, Washington (Richland, WA — Census place “Richland city”) is 61,912 residents, ranking #22 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $92,550, the median home is worth $401,800 and median gross rent runs $1,397 a month. Looking for the Richland Washington ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Richland, WA: 99352, 99354.

Population: 61,912Richland city residents
Median household income: $92,550Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $401,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,397Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 65.1%Owner-occupied households

Richland ZIP codes (Washington)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Richland.

The Richland WA ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Richland city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Richland city median would spend about 18.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.3% of residents and 65.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Richland city, WA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Richland city is a small city in Washington, with 61,912 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #22 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 36.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Richland city earn a median of $92,550 a year, 17.8% above the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $90,592 median for the 393 Washington cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 9.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Richland city is valued at $401,800, 32.4% above the national figure and 14% below the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,397 a month, essentially level with the national figure, or roughly $16,764 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 65.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Richland city?: Richland city has 61,912 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #22 of 639 in Washington.
What is the median household income in Richland city?: Median household income in Richland city is $92,550 a year, 17.8% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Richland city?: Median gross rent is $1,397 a month and the median home value is $401,800, so rent absorbs about 18.1% of median household income.
Is Richland city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Richland city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Richland city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.