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The median home value in Benton County, WA is $452,721 as of 2026-07-31, up 0.3% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$452,721
Year-over-Year
+0.3%
National Rank
#295 of 3071
Benton County ranks 19th out of 39 counties in WA by median home price, and is +93.2% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within WA, the typical county has a median home value of $440,705, making Benton County +2.7% above the WA state median.
Households here earn a median of $89,874 a year against a typical home value of $452,721 — a price-to-income ratio of 5.0×, past the 5× level generally described as severely unaffordable. That is less affordable than roughly 84% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Benton County recorded a violent crime rate of 294 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 2,522 per 100,000.
Based on 5 reporting cities covering 192,155 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Benton County is $452,721. That's up 0.3% from a year earlier. That is about 93.2% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Benton County the 19th most expensive of 39 counties in Washington.
Median household income here is $89,874, so a typical home costs about 5.0× annual household earnings — expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Benton County recorded 294 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 192,155 residents across 5 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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