Buckhead vs Richmond Hill

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

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

Richmond Hill has the higher population (17,408 vs 4,640 in Buckhead). Buckhead has the higher median household income ($139,395 vs $89,910 in Richmond Hill). Buckhead has the higher median home value ($441,400 vs $272,100 in Richmond Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Buckhead	Richmond Hill
Population	4,640	17,408
Median age	36.7 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$139,395	$89,910
Median home value	$441,400	$272,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,757
Housing units	1,411	6,394
Homeownership rate	92.5%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.5%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckhead	Richmond Hill
Population	3,780 → 4,640 (+22.8%)	12,720 → 17,408 (+36.9%)
Median household income	$128,200 → $139,395 (+8.7%)	$71,438 → $89,910 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$341,100 → $441,400 (+29.4%)	$210,700 → $272,100 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,034 → $2,310 (+13.6%)	$1,529 → $1,757 (+14.9%)

Buckhead

Population

3,7804,640

Median household income

$128,200$139,395

Median home value

$341,100$441,400

Median gross rent

$2,034$2,310

Richmond Hill

Population

12,72017,408

Median household income

$71,438$89,910

Median home value

$210,700$272,100

Median gross rent

$1,529$1,757

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckhead	Richmond Hill
Under 5	9.0%	9.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	25.0%
18 to 24	11.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	9.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	19.5%	18.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	16.3%	7.4%
65 to 74	1.8%	3.1%
75 and over	3.8%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckhead	Richmond Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	63.0%
Black or African American	8.7%	13.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.5%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckhead	Richmond Hill
No high school diploma	1.6%	5.7%
High school graduate	13.8%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	38.2%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckhead	Richmond Hill
Drove alone	81.2%	86.6%
Carpooled	5.2%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	11.4%	6.2%
Other means	2.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckhead	Richmond Hill
1-unit, detached	98.4%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Buckhead	Richmond Hill
Poverty rate	0.6%	9.5%
Average household size	3.39	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	2011	2005