What salary do you need to live in Kennewick, WA?

Kennewick housing costs at a glance

Census figures put the median gross rent in the Kennewick-Richland, WA metro at $1,061 for a one-bedroom, $1,306 for a two-bedroom and $1,615 for a three-bedroom. Moving from one to two bedrooms adds $245 a month, and the third bedroom another $309.

On the ownership side, the typical owner-occupied home is valued at $397,900. With median household income at $89,010, a typical home costs 4.5× a typical income, close to the middle of the range across US metros.

Prices overall are close to average. BEA's Regional Price Parity for the metro is 100.1 against a US baseline of 100, so $100,000 here buys roughly $99,921 worth of the national basket.

Kennewick: the pre-tax income for each grade

The salary lines for a two-bedroom household land at $50,000 for Tight, $100,000 for Okay and $200,000 for Comfortable. The gap between the Okay and Comfortable lines alone is $100,000, which says how much extra income it takes to make housing feel roomy here rather than merely workable.

Reaching Royal takes $570,000 — 2.9× the Comfortable line — because the last points come slowly once rent is already a small share.

These lines come straight from the calculator's formula: the income is raised until the two-bedroom score crosses each cutoff, then rounded up to the next $1,000.

Scores at $50K, $75K, $100K and $150K in Kennewick

Choosing a bigger place in Kennewick at $75,000 trims the score from 40 to 34 without leaving Tight.

Comfortable is above every row of the table here. At $150,000 a two-bedroom still grades Okay, with rent taking 10% of income.

Where Kennewick falls nationally

Out of 387 metros, Kennewick has the 88th highest price parity and the 116th highest two-bedroom rent, which puts it in the top quarter on overall prices and in the middle half on rent.

Next to Kennewick on the national rent ranking: Gainesville, GA ($1,306) and Carson City, NV ($1,303).

Comparing Kennewick with Washington

How Kennewick stacks up against its state: $1,306 for a two-bedroom against Washington's $1,756, $397,900 for the median home against $564,600, and a price level of 100.1 against 107.0.

Run Washington's statewide medians through the same score and Comfortable begins at $324,000; Kennewick's line is −38% from that.

Within Washington, the metros closest to Kennewick on rent and overall prices are Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA, Walla Walla, WA, and Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA. Their Comfortable lines for two bedrooms sit at $201,000, $198,000, and $232,000.

Kennewick's median income on the scale

What about a typical local household? Census puts median household income here at $89,010, which grades Tight (42) for a two-bedroom at the median rent. The Comfortable line is 125% above what the median household makes. Statewide, the Washington median household ($98,141) grades Tight on the state's own medians. Household income can include more than one earner, so a single salary of the same size goes less far.

Treat every number here as a pre-tax, public-data estimate rather than financial advice.