Mineral vs Richfield

A side-by-side comparison of Mineral and Richfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Richfield has the higher population (253 vs 107 in Mineral). Since 2019, Richfield's population has grown faster (-15.7% vs -70.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Mineral	Richfield
Population	107	253
Median age	48.6 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$85,455	—
Median home value	—	$242,900
Median gross rent	$1,052	$1,259
Housing units	338	105
Homeownership rate	18.3%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.2%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mineral	Richfield
Population	359 → 107 (-70.2%)	300 → 253 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$48,859 → $85,455 (+74.9%)	$71,667 → $23,125 (-67.7%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $196,300 (+14.3%)	$205,000 → $242,900 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $1,052 (+25.1%)	$1,075 → $1,259 (+17.1%)

Mineral

Population

359107

Median household income

$48,859$85,455

Median home value

$171,700$196,300

Median gross rent

$841$1,052

Richfield

Population

300253

Median household income

$71,667$23,125

Median home value

$205,000$242,900

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,259

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mineral	Richfield
Under 5	10.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	28.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	8.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	7.9%
45 to 54	20.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	22.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	4.0%
75 and over	19.6%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mineral	Richfield
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	60.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	37.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mineral	Richfield
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	39.6%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mineral	Richfield
Drove alone	24.6%	71.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	55.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	9.6%
Worked from home	19.7%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mineral	Richfield
1-unit, detached	93.5%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	43.8%

Poverty & households

	Mineral	Richfield
Poverty rate	9.3%	26.1%
Average household size	1.78	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	13	25
Median year structure built	1943	1964