City safety & data profile

RichardsonTX

Richardson, TX is a 111K-resident city in Dallas County with a median household income of $98,111.

Dallas County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Richardson, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Richardson has a population larger than 94% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $431,400, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

111K
Population (place)
Top 6%
By size
$98,111
Median income (place)
$431,400
Median home (place)
9.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Richardson

Richardson posts a median household income higher than 68% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Richardson area.

Top 32%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Richardson

Where Richardson income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$98,111 Top 32% higher than 68% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Richardson $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TX

Population among 244 TX places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TX

Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Richardson, TX beyond the headline numbers

Richardson sits inside Dallas County, Texas, at roughly 32.95°N, -96.73°W. Population 110,815, $98,111 median household income. Median home value $431,400, median rent $1,857. Poverty rate 9.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Richardson, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 9.7%, poverty in Richardson, TX runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

A median home in Richardson runs about 4.4 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

24.9% of Richardson workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 2.4% in Richardson, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Richardson's median age is 33.9 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Richardson from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
110,815
Richardson · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$98,111
+10% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$431,400
+4% vs avg
Median Age (place)
33.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Dallas County): Richardson's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
2.6M+9%
Median Income
$76,547+55%
Median Home Value
$303,000+136%
Poverty Rate
13.9%-27%
Unemployment
5%-44%

Economics

Economics indicators for Richardson, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,857/mo
Poverty Rate
9.7% -22% vs avg
Unemployment 5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 57%
Work From Home 24.9%
Public Transit 1.8%

Population

White 53.3%
African American 11.8%
Asian 16.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
33.6%
Obesity
30%
High Blood Pressure
29%
Physical Inactivity
22.5%
Binge Drinking
17.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.1%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
10.3%
Current Smoking
9.4%
Current Asthma
9.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 60.6%
Annual Checkup 74.9%

Other Measures

Diabetes
9%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.4%
Stroke
2.4%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
METHODIST RICHARDSON MEDICAL CENTER
RICHARDSON · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Richardson?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Richardson right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TX-RICHARDSON · Richardson

Richardson: 6 tagged alerts; lead category ECCC weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 6 on record
  • MIX-LED 67% ca-weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Detroit

Tagged alert mix: Richardson

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 6 tagged notices on record for Richardson.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Detroit, MI (6 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Richardson; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (6 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Detroit, MI 6 alerts Suffolk, VA 6 alerts Juneau, AK 6 alerts Dallas, TX 7 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Richardson, TX? ▼
Richardson, TX has a population of 110,815 people, located in Dallas County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Richardson? ▼
The median household income in Richardson, TX is $98,111 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 9.7%.
What is the median home value in Richardson? ▼
The median home value in Richardson, TX is $431,400. Median rent is $1,857/month.
What are the top health concerns in Richardson? ▼
The top health indicators in Richardson include Short Sleep Duration (33.6%), Obesity (30%), High Blood Pressure (29%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Richardson? ▼
Richardson has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Richardson? ▼
The median age in Richardson, TX is 33.9 years. 57% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Richardson, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (9.7% here).

Santa Rosa, CA 9.7% Skokie, IL 9.7% Aspen Hill, MD 9.7% Cutler Bay, FL 9.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($98,111 here).

Forestville, OH $98,115 Kahului, HI $98,077 Lebanon, NH $98,147 Seabrook, MD $98,157

Compare Richardson with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Plano, TX 284K Garland, TX 237K Addison, TX 16K University Park, TX 25K Murphy, TX 21K Sachse, TX 25K Carrollton, TX 133K Allen, TX 98K
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Using Richardson's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Richardson area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Richardson against Texas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Texas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Dallas County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.