West Richland Eviction Risk: Lower

It sits 2.2 points below the Benton County average of 5.2. roughly one in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Benton County average of 42.8%.

19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The voucher gap is 20.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

On the high side, supply constraint reads 7/10. Average gross rent is $1,806, 14% above the West Richland average. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 16% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.9/10.

Statewide the WA average is 5.9, so this tract runs 2.9 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $120,278.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.