City safety & data profile

RichmondTX

Richmond, TX is a 12K-resident city in Fort Bend County with a median household income of $50,337.

Fort Bend County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Richmond, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Richmond has a population larger than 13% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $231,500, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

12K
Population (place)
Bottom 14%
By size
$50,337
Median income (place)
$231,500
Median home (place)
15.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Richmond

Richmond posts a median household income higher than 9% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Richmond area.

Bottom 10%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Richmond

Where Richmond income ranks nationally

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

$50,337 Bottom 9% higher than 9% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

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

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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 Richmond, TX beyond the headline numbers

Richmond sits inside Fort Bend County, Texas, at roughly 29.58°N, -95.76°W. Population 12,138, $50,337 median household income. Median home value $231,500, median rent $1,319. Poverty rate 15.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Richmond, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Richmond, TX stands at 15.7%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in Richmond runs about 4.6 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 5.1% of Richmond workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 24.7% in Richmond, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Richmond workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Richmond 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)
12,138
Richmond · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$50,337
-44% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$231,500
-44% vs avg
Median Age (place)
36.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Fort Bend County): Richmond'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
894K+47%
Median Income
$114,041+34%
Median Home Value
$374,500+104%
Poverty Rate
7.6%-10%
Unemployment
5%-11%

Economics

Economics indicators for Richmond, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,319/mo
Poverty Rate
15.7% +27% vs avg
Unemployment 7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 18.9%
Work From Home 5.1%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 32.5%
African American 23.1%
Asian 4.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
39%
Obesity
36.2%
High Blood Pressure
34.9%
Physical Inactivity
32.5%
Lack of Health Insurance
24.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.4%
Binge Drinking
15.7%
Diabetes
14.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.3%
Current Smoking
12.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 51.5%
Annual Checkup 73.4%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.2%
Stroke
3.6%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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0
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1
★★
0
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0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
OAKBEND MEDICAL CENTER
RICHMOND · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Richmond?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TX-RICHMOND-TX · Richmond

Richmond: 23 tagged alerts; lead category NSW RFS bushfire alert.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 23 on record
  • MIX-LED 83% au-bushfires
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • NEAR-PEER 16 · El Paso

Tagged alert mix: Richmond

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 23 tagged notices on record for Richmond.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: El Paso, TX (16 tagged · Δ7)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Richmond; 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 (23 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts Victoria, TX 13 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Richmond, TX? ▼
Richmond, TX has a population of 12,138 people, located in Fort Bend County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Richmond? ▼
The median household income in Richmond, TX is $50,337 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 15.7%.
What is the median home value in Richmond? ▼
The median home value in Richmond, TX is $231,500. Median rent is $1,319/month.
What are the top health concerns in Richmond? ▼
The top health indicators in Richmond include Short Sleep Duration (39%), Obesity (36.2%), High Blood Pressure (34.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Richmond? ▼
Richmond has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Richmond? ▼
The median age in Richmond, TX is 36.6 years. 18.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (15.7% here).

Palmdale, CA 15.7% Elizabeth, NJ 15.7% Topeka, KS 15.7% High Point, NC 15.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($50,337 here).

Mendota, CA $50,342 Washington, IN $50,331 Port Huron, MI $50,366 Euclid, OH $50,285

Compare Richmond with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Pecan Grove, TX 16K Rosenberg, TX 36K New Territory, TX 15K Greatwood, TX 12K Sugar Land, TX 88K Four Corners, TX 12K Mission Bend, TX 37K Cinco Ranch, TX 18K
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Using Richmond'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 Richmond 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 Richmond 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 (Fort Bend 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.