Oakwood Hills vs Richmond

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

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

Richmond has the higher population (2,530 vs 2,454 in Oakwood Hills). Oakwood Hills has the higher median household income ($113,125 vs $70,379 in Richmond). Oakwood Hills has the higher median home value ($273,200 vs $225,800 in Richmond).

Population, income & housing

	Oakwood Hills	Richmond
Population	2,454	2,530
Median age	40.1 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$113,125	$70,379
Median home value	$273,200	$225,800
Median gross rent	$1,667	$1,183
Housing units	960	1,373
Homeownership rate	91.9%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakwood Hills	Richmond
Population	2,336 → 2,454 (+5.1%)	2,061 → 2,530 (+22.8%)
Median household income	$96,719 → $113,125 (+17.0%)	$49,205 → $70,379 (+43.0%)
Median home value	$221,100 → $273,200 (+23.6%)	$188,000 → $225,800 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,255 → $1,667 (+32.8%)	$938 → $1,183 (+26.1%)

Oakwood Hills

Population

2,3362,454

Median household income

$96,719$113,125

Median home value

$221,100$273,200

Median gross rent

$1,255$1,667

Richmond

Population

2,0612,530

Median household income

$49,205$70,379

Median home value

$188,000$225,800

Median gross rent

$938$1,183

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakwood Hills	Richmond
Under 5	6.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	11.2%	14.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	13.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	17.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	6.7%
55 to 64	19.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	12.1%
75 and over	4.8%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakwood Hills	Richmond
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakwood Hills	Richmond
No high school diploma	10.4%	4.7%
High school graduate	20.5%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakwood Hills	Richmond
Drove alone	79.3%	79.7%
Carpooled	4.6%	9.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	9.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakwood Hills	Richmond
1-unit, detached	94.7%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	33.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oakwood Hills	Richmond
Poverty rate	4.1%	5.6%
Average household size	2.58	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1980	1991