Richmond vs Walnut Creek

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

Richmond and Walnut Creek 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 69,790 in Walnut Creek). Walnut Creek has the higher median household income ($135,665 vs $90,038 in Richmond). Walnut Creek has the higher median home value ($1,031,100 vs $650,100 in Richmond).

Population, income & housing

	Richmond	Walnut Creek
Population	115,396	69,790
Median age	37.6 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$90,038	$135,665
Median home value	$650,100	$1,031,100
Median gross rent	$1,895	$2,613
Housing units	42,257	33,618
Homeownership rate	52.5%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	69.4%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richmond	Walnut Creek
Population	109,884 → 115,396 (+5.0%)	69,567 → 69,790 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$68,472 → $90,038 (+31.5%)	$105,948 → $135,665 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$462,600 → $650,100 (+40.5%)	$793,100 → $1,031,100 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,509 → $1,895 (+25.6%)	$2,095 → $2,613 (+24.7%)

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

Walnut Creek

Population

69,56769,790

Median household income

$105,948$135,665

Median home value

$793,100$1,031,100

Median gross rent

$2,095$2,613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richmond	Walnut Creek
Under 5	5.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.1%	11.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.3%	14.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	14.0%
75 and over	4.9%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richmond	Walnut Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	16.8%	62.2%
Black or African American	16.9%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	12.9%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.3%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.0%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	46.9%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richmond	Walnut Creek
No high school diploma	20.8%	2.8%
High school graduate	19.8%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	30.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richmond	Walnut Creek
Drove alone	62.0%	49.9%
Carpooled	12.3%	7.7%
Public transit	9.6%	8.9%
Walked	1.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.0%	28.7%
Other means	2.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richmond	Walnut Creek
1-unit, detached	59.5%	38.2%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	12.5%
20 or more units	11.0%	23.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Richmond	Walnut Creek
Poverty rate	13.6%	5.9%
Average household size	2.82	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	35	33
Median year structure built	1965	1974