Richmond vs San Ramon

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

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

Richmond has the higher population (115,396 vs 85,734 in San Ramon). San Ramon has the higher median household income ($197,358 vs $90,038 in Richmond). San Ramon has the higher median home value ($1,359,100 vs $650,100 in Richmond).

Population, income & housing

	Richmond	San Ramon
Population	115,396	85,734
Median age	37.6 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$90,038	$197,358
Median home value	$650,100	$1,359,100
Median gross rent	$1,895	$2,916
Housing units	42,257	30,396
Homeownership rate	52.5%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	71.2%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richmond	San Ramon
Population	109,884 → 115,396 (+5.0%)	75,648 → 85,734 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$68,472 → $90,038 (+31.5%)	$160,783 → $197,358 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$462,600 → $650,100 (+40.5%)	$958,800 → $1,359,100 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,509 → $1,895 (+25.6%)	$2,391 → $2,916 (+22.0%)

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

San Ramon

Population

75,64885,734

Median household income

$160,783$197,358

Median home value

$958,800$1,359,100

Median gross rent

$2,391$2,916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richmond	San Ramon
Under 5	5.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.1%	21.8%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	8.2%
35 to 44	14.4%	15.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	19.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	6.4%
75 and over	4.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richmond	San Ramon
White (non-Hispanic)	16.8%	34.2%
Black or African American	16.9%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	12.9%	49.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	46.9%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richmond	San Ramon
No high school diploma	20.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	19.8%	8.4%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	39.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	32.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richmond	San Ramon
Drove alone	62.0%	55.3%
Carpooled	12.3%	4.6%
Public transit	9.6%	3.9%
Walked	1.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.0%	32.4%
Other means	2.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richmond	San Ramon
1-unit, detached	59.5%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	9.3%
20 or more units	11.0%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Richmond	San Ramon
Poverty rate	13.6%	4.1%
Average household size	2.82	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	35	35
Median year structure built	1965	1993