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Active Weather Alerts
7
Heat Advisory (statewide feed)
- Heat Advisory — Pointe Coupee; West Feliciana; East Feliciana; St. Helena; Washington; Iberville; West Baton Rouge; East Baton Rouge; Assumption; St. James; St. John The Baptist; Upper St. Bernard; Northern Tangipahoa; Southeast St. Tammany; Western Orleans; Eastern Orleans; Northern St. Tammany; Southwestern St. Tammany; Central Tangipahoa; Lower Tangipahoa; Northern Livingston; Southern Livingston; Western Ascension; Eastern Ascension; Upper Jefferson; Upper Plaquemines; Central Plaquemines; Lower Plaquemines; Central Jefferson; Coastal Jefferson; Upper Lafourche; Lower Lafourche; Upper Terrebonne; Lower Terrebonne; Upper St. Charles; Central St. Charles; Lower St. Charles; Wilkinson; Amite; Pike; Walthall; Pearl River; Northern Hancock; Southern Hancock
- Heat Advisory — Ashley; Chicot; Morehouse; West Carroll; East Carroll; Richland; Madison; Franklin; Catahoula; Tensas; Concordia; Bolivar; Sunflower; Washington; Humphreys; Issaquena; Sharkey; Yazoo; Madison; Warren; Hinds; Rankin; Scott; Newton; Lauderdale; Claiborne; Copiah; Simpson; Smith; Jasper; Clarke; Jefferson; Adams; Franklin; Lincoln; Lawrence; Jefferson Davis; Covington; Jones; Marion; Lamar; Forrest
- Heat Advisory — Pointe Coupee; West Feliciana; East Feliciana; St. Helena; Washington; Iberville; West Baton Rouge; East Baton Rouge; Assumption; St. James; St. John The Baptist; Upper St. Bernard; Northern Tangipahoa; Southeast St. Tammany; Western Orleans; Eastern Orleans; Northern St. Tammany; Southwestern St. Tammany; Central Tangipahoa; Lower Tangipahoa; Northern Livingston; Southern Livingston; Western Ascension; Eastern Ascension; Upper Jefferson; Upper Plaquemines; Central Plaquemines; Lower Plaquemines; Central Jefferson; Coastal Jefferson; Upper Lafourche; Lower Lafourche; Upper Terrebonne; Lower Terrebonne; Upper St. Charles; Central St. Charles; Lower St. Charles; Wilkinson; Amite; Pike; Walthall; Pearl River; Northern Hancock; Southern Hancock
- Beach Hazards Statement — Coastal Hancock; Coastal Washington
- Heat Advisory — Holmes; Washington; Jackson; Inland Bay; Calhoun; Inland Gulf; Gadsden; Coastal Bay; Northern Liberty; Southern Liberty; Seminole; Decatur
- Heat Advisory — Benton; Carroll; Washington; North and Central Sebastian; Southern Crawford; Central and Southern Franklin; Southern Sebastian; Pushmataha; Choctaw; Washington; Nowata; Craig; Ottawa; Pawnee; Tulsa; Rogers; Mayes; Delaware; Creek; Okfuskee; Okmulgee; Wagoner; Cherokee; Adair; Muskogee; McIntosh; Pittsburg; Haskell; Latimer; Western Osage; Northern Sequoyah; Northern Le Flore; Northeast Osage; Central and Southern Sequoyah; Central Le Flore; Southeast Osage; Southern Le Flore
- Extreme Heat Warning — Republic; Washington; Marshall; Nemaha; Brown; Cloud; Clay; Riley; Pottawatomie; Jackson; Jefferson; Ottawa; Dickinson; Geary; Morris; Wabaunsee; Shawnee; Douglas; Lyon; Osage; Franklin; Coffey; Anderson
Population & People
Population
3,498
Median age
29.6
Median household income
$63,542
Poverty rate
11.3%
Unemployment rate
7.6%
Bachelor's degree+
10.5%
Avg. commute
25 min
Hispanic or Latino
33.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Housing & Rent
Median home value
$355,200
Median gross rent
$848/mo
Homeownership rate
72.46%
HUD FMR — 2 bedroom
$1,472
HUD Fair Market Rent (Washington statewide average across 39 areas — not specific to Benton City), 2026. Efficiency $1082, 1BR $1180, 2BR $1472, 3BR $2003, 4BR $2351. This is a different official figure from Census median gross rent above.
Energy
Washington gasoline midgrade
$5.56
Washington commercial electricity
10.95¢/kWh
Washington industrial electricity
6.88¢/kWh
Washington residential electricity
13.11¢/kWh
Economy
Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total
894990.1
Real Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total
717520.9
All-Transactions House Price Index for Washington
1033.33
Unemployment Rate
5%
Source: FRED, Washington-specific series.