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Benton County
Kennewick

Housing permits · Washington

Kennewick, WA building permits: new housing

448 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, -12% on the year before, with $113M of construction value.

448
Housing units, last 12 months-12% vs. prior 12: $113M
Construction value: 29%
In 5+ unit buildings130 units: 5.3
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 84,515

New housing units permitted per month

Nearby places

Pasco858
Richland438
West Richland363
Benton County Unincorporated Area121

Also see

Benton County1,462
Kennewick-Richland WA2,369
Washington37,987

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	41 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	31 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	24 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	28 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	18 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	75 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	66 units	12 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	34 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	58 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	33 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	25 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2025	79 units	58 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	21 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	50 units	34 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	43 units	24 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	25 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	24 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	46 units	16 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	50 units	17 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	52 units	18 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	52 units	16 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	39 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	36 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	10 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings

By building size

Last 12 months. Value is the construction cost reported on the permits.

Building size	Buildings	Units	Value
Single-family	306	306	$92.5M
2 units	6	12	$2.1M
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	12	130	$18.4M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	530	128	$120M
2024	581	206	$153M
2023	406	92	$120M

Key facts

Kennewick, WA permitted 448 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $112,953,038 in construction value.
That is -12% compared with the 12 months before (512 units).
306 were single-family homes and 130 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (12 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $302,351.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 10 units were permitted.
It ranked #21 of 293 permit-issuing places in Washington by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 530 units were permitted ($120M).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, data through September 2026. New privately owned housing units authorized by building permits, including the Bureau’s estimates for places that didn’t report; commercial buildings and renovations are not counted. How we use it

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