Antioch vs Richmond

A side-by-side comparison of Antioch and Richmond: population, income, housing, and more.

Antioch and Richmond are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Antioch has the higher population (115,759 vs 115,396 in Richmond). Antioch has the higher median household income ($94,256 vs $90,038 in Richmond). Richmond has the higher median home value ($650,100 vs $607,400 in Antioch).

Population, income & housing

	Antioch	Richmond
Population	115,759	115,396
Median age	38.1 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$94,256	$90,038
Median home value	$607,400	$650,100
Median gross rent	$2,241	$1,895
Housing units	37,936	42,257
Homeownership rate	63.5%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Antioch	Richmond
Population	111,200 → 115,759 (+4.1%)	109,884 → 115,396 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$76,601 → $94,256 (+23.0%)	$68,472 → $90,038 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$397,400 → $607,400 (+52.8%)	$462,600 → $650,100 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,790 → $2,241 (+25.2%)	$1,509 → $1,895 (+25.6%)

Antioch

Population

111,200115,759

Median household income

$76,601$94,256

Median home value

$397,400$607,400

Median gross rent

$1,790$2,241

Richmond

Population

109,884115,396

Median household income

$68,472$90,038

Median home value

$462,600$650,100

Median gross rent

$1,509$1,895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Antioch	Richmond
Under 5	5.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.9%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.6%
75 and over	4.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Antioch	Richmond
White (non-Hispanic)	24.2%	16.8%
Black or African American	19.1%	16.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	13.2%	12.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	36.1%	46.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Antioch	Richmond
No high school diploma	14.8%	20.8%
High school graduate	27.6%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Antioch	Richmond
Drove alone	66.2%	62.0%
Carpooled	14.2%	12.3%
Public transit	6.1%	9.6%
Walked	1.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.1%	12.0%
Other means	1.2%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Antioch	Richmond
1-unit, detached	78.4%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	9.7%
20 or more units	6.7%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Antioch	Richmond
Poverty rate	11.2%	13.6%
Average household size	3.10	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	43	35
Median year structure built	1985	1965