A city built by the federal government in 1943 to house the Hanford project, now the Tri-Cities' most architecturally varied housing market, wrapped by the Columbia and Yakima rivers.
- 1943
- Town founded
- 2
- Rivers
- 11 mi
- To Kennewick
Neighborhoods
Areas Served
Rooted in the Tri-Cities.
The Tri-Cities reads as one city from the highway, but the housing could hardly be more different block to block. A government-designed 1943 floor plan in one neighborhood, a 2026 build on a mountain slope in the next. These guides cover what is actually there: when it was built, how it is laid out, what the drive looks like, and what to confirm before you write an offer.
8 cities and 17 neighborhoods.
The largest of the three cities, spanning established mid-century neighborhoods near the Columbia River and newer construction climbing the southern slopes.
- Largest
- Of the three cities
- 11 mi
- To Richland
- 52
- Acre sports complex
Neighborhoods
The Tri-Cities' Franklin County city, home to the regional airport and the 1,200-acre Broadmoor master-planned district now in development.
- Franklin
- County
- 5,000
- Units planned at Broadmoor
- 12 mi
- To Richland
Neighborhoods
A city of roughly 19,000 along the Yakima River, formed in 1955 from two agricultural towns and now one of the area's most active residential construction markets.
- 1955
- City formed
- 19,257
- Population in 2025
- 7,000
- Acres
Neighborhoods
A small Yakima River city at the foot of Red Mountain, adjacent to one of Washington's most concentrated wine-growing areas.
- 4,040
- Acres in the AVA
- 700
- Acres planted
- 37
- Wineries
An unincorporated Walla Walla County community southeast of Pasco with its own school district and a small-town housing market.
- Walla Walla
- County
- 734
- District enrollment
- 17 mi
- To Richland
An unincorporated Benton County community southeast of Kennewick with its own school district, where acreage parcels are more common than in the cities.
- 871
- District enrollment
- Unincorporated
- Benton County
- 17 mi
- To Richland
A small Yakima River city about 28 miles west of Richland, known as the birthplace of Washington wine, with around 30 wineries.
- 30
- Wineries
- 28 mi
- To Richland
- I-82
- Main corridor
Not sure which area fits?
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