Richmond

Population & Demographics

Richmond, CA

Richmond is home to 115,505 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 49,676 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
115,505
people
Population

115,505 residents

Median age 37.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Richmond population & demographics

Who lives in Richmond — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
115,505
Median age
37.9yrs
Median household income
$95,391
Median home value
$668,200
Median gross rent
$1,960/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
33.0%
Poverty rate
13.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Richmond

How Richmond breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino45.5%
White18.1%
Black16.1%
Asian13.6%
Two or more races5.3%
Some other race0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Richmond

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Richmond.

Richmond at a glance
Employed Residents
49,676
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
13.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
10.8%
Share working within the area
Work from home
14.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
San Francisco
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Richmond proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Richmond commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

32 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Richmond

49,676 commutes, one dot at a time

Richmond

Where 49,676 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Richmond, by worker count.

1San Francisco13.6 mi8,824
2Richmond0.0 mi5,362
3Oakland11.7 mi5,173
4Berkeley5.9 mi3,576
5San Rafael10.4 mi1,360
6San Jose50.5 mi993
7San Pablo1.5 mi819
8Concord18.0 mi718

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Richmond.

1Richmond0.0 mi5,362
2Oakland11.7 mi2,288
3San Francisco13.6 mi1,895
4Vallejo13.1 mi1,393
5San Pablo1.5 mi1,377
6Berkeley5.9 mi799
7Hercules6.3 mi785
8Pinole4.8 mi698

Top industries

The sectors that employ Richmond’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance15.3%
MFManufacturing13.0%
COConstruction10.0%
TRTransportation and Warehousing10.0%
RTRetail Trade9.6%
EDEducational Services6.7%
PAPublic Administration6.5%
WSWholesale Trade5.2%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.9%
Connectivity

Internet options for Richmond

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps98%
8 Gbps71%
See all internet providers in Richmond

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).