West Richland, Washington

West Richland population, 2020 to 2024

West Richland added 2,433 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +14.8%. In the latest year it moved by +772. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 8th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so West Richland is 1.0 times that size.

West Richland covers 22.12 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 851 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so West Richland is less dense than the typical town.

What county West Richland is in

All of West Richland's residents live in Benton County, which had 218,190 residents in 2024. West Richland holds 8.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West Richland

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap West Richland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 99320, 99353. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where West Richland is

The Census internal point of West Richland is at 46.313800, -119.387800. Olympia, the capital, is 173.8 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Richland, WA (64,372 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane, WA, 131.2 miles away.

Daylight in West Richland

At 46.31° N, West Richland gets about 15 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near West Richland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Richland, 4.8 miles away, with 64,372 people.