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Housing costs in Benton County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,306 | ± $35 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,256 | ± $33 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,166 | ± $25 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,085 | ± $24 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $407,800 | ± $7,426 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $369,400 | ± $6,787 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $338,700 | ± $4,980 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $283,400 | ± $5,361 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.3 % | ± 1.3 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 29.0 % | ± 1.3 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.6 % | ± 1.4 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.1 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Benton County is $1,306, above the Washington median of $1,198 across 39 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.