Kennewick vs Midland
Metro-area medians — Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area vs Midland, TX Metro Area — not the cities proper.
Midland comes out ahead, winning 6 of the 8 clearly-decided measures.
Midland costs about 4% less to live in, and household incomes are similar. Adjusted for local prices, a typical paycheck stretches further in Midland.
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On $75,000 for just you, Midland leaves you about $2,748/yr better off after tax and local prices.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
Choose Midland for
- + Livability (CityLedger)
- + Cost of living (price level, US = 100)
- + Cost-adjusted income (pay's real value)
- + Median home value
- + Unemployment
- + Bachelor's degree or higher
Kennewick vs Midland — frequently asked
- Is Kennewick cheaper than Midland?
- Midland is cheaper: its overall cost of living runs about 4% below Kennewick's (BEA Regional Price Parities).
- Which has higher household income, Kennewick or Midland?
- Household incomes are similar — $89,573 in the Kennewick metro versus $89,627 in Midland (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS).
- Does a paycheck go further in Kennewick or Midland?
- A paycheck stretches further in Midland. Adjusted for local prices, the median income is worth $93,573 there versus $89,502 in Kennewick.
- Which has cheaper rent, Kennewick or Midland?
- Kennewick has cheaper rent — a median of $1,360/mo versus $1,558/mo (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS).