The story of this market
The typical home in Benton County, Washington sells for about $432,000, or $235 per square foot.
Prices are down 6.5% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 47 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 215% since 2000. Last year 28 of 42 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is wildfire, which FEMA rates relatively high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,487 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,487 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Low.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+1.6%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2022 (+17.2%). Worst: 2011 (-1%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
-0.2%
WA · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$2,051
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
+1.6%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 42 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
54
Relatively Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $69,839,284.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
83.3%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 10930 | 6559 | 83.3% | 4.2% | $255,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Benton County, Washington
Benton County's housing market is experiencing a cooling phase with home prices declining 6.5% year-over-year. Inventory levels remain elevated compared to the previous year, while the median days on market has decreased to 47 days as of August 2026.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: median price corroborated by the published ten-year series (2024) (within 12.5%).
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Median prices moved up 0.5% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 74 days on market with 0.1 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
1% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 98.92% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 4.2% · poverty 9.5% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Owned and leased federal assets with active or excess status, per the General Services Administration's Real Estate Across the United States inventory (read 2026-09-25). A federal footprint read on this county — not a market valuation, and never an attribute of any individual property or tenant.
Deterministic aggregate of 10 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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| 99320 | Benton City | $457,450 | $235 | +1.1% | 54 | 100% | 9.7% | 2.3 | 110 | $1,650 | researched Sep 26 |
| 99336 | Kennewick | $365,000 | $253 | +0.9% | 33 | 99% | 36.6% | 2.5 | 166 | $1,995 | researched Sep 26 |
| 99337 | Kennewick | $419,983 | $243 | +0.4% | 75 | 100% | — | — | 215 | $1,600 | researched Sep 26 |
| 99338 | Kennewick | $512,000 | $245 | -0.4% | 33 | — | — | — | 282 | $1,487 | researched Sep 26 |
| 99345 | Paterson (CDP) | $398,450 | $234 | — | 36 | 96.1% | — | 5.6 | 28 | $1,600 | researched Sep 26 |
| 99346 | Plymouth (CDP) | $449,900 | $254 | +3.4% | 46 | 99.4% | 34.1% | 3 | 76 | $1,450 | researched Sep 26 |
| 99350 | Prosser | $449,900 | $254 | +0.3% | 46 | 99.4% | 34% | 3 | 159 | $1,240 | researched Sep 26 |
| 99352 | Richland | $506,000 | $235 | +5.3% | 46 | 98.5% | 15% | 3.2 | 206 | $1,850 | researched Sep 26 |
| 99353 | West Richland | $499,000 | $257 | +2.4% | 52 | 98.5% | 20.2% | 3.5 | 192 | $2,000 | researched Sep 26 |
| 99354 | Richland | $484,856 | $231 | +15.4% | 64 | — | — | — | 77 | $1,487 | researched Sep 26 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
- QUAKE Family Fun Center4.313.8 mi
- Chuck E. Cheese415.5 mi
- Max Air Trampoline Park4.214.9 mi
- Gesa Carousel of Dreams4.817.8 mi
- Atomic Escape Rooms4.814.4 mi
- Toyota Center4.415.2 mi
- HAPO Center4.315.9 mi
- Three Rivers Convention Center4.615.2 mi
- Benton County Fairgrounds4.421.1 mi
- Gesa Stadium4.616.1 mi
- Howard Amon Park4.711.5 mi
- Fairchild Cinemas4.710.1 mi
- Hanford Site3.916.2 mi
- Leslie Groves Park4.611.4 mi
- Country Mercantile4.79.9 mi
- Hanford Site3.916.2 mi
- REACH Museum4.614.7 mi
- Manhattan Project National Historical Park Hanford; Branch B Reactor--Headquarters4.69.6 mi
- Cafe con Arte4.820.5 mi
- Manhattan Project National Historical Park - B Reactor4.922.7 mi
- Howard Amon Park4.711.5 mi
- Leslie Groves Park4.611.4 mi
- Badger Mountain Trailhead4.810.8 mi
- Lawrence Scott Park4.415.7 mi
- Columbia Point Marina Park4.612.7 mi
- Umatilla Marina Park4.428.3 mi
- Horn Rapids Golf Course4.38.7 mi
- Sun Willows Golf Course4.419.1 mi
- Canyon Lakes Golf Course4.518.5 mi
- Zintel Creek Golf Course4.418.4 mi
- Columbia Point Golf Course4.212.3 mi
- Columbia Center4.214.5 mi
- WinCo Foods4.516.9 mi
- Fred Meyer4.418.2 mi
- WinCo Foods4.411.9 mi
- Fred Meyer4.311 mi
- Tri-Cities Airport4.418.7 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
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