Richland vs Santa Claus

A side-by-side comparison of Richland and Santa Claus: population, income, housing, and more.

Richland and Santa Claus are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Santa Claus has the higher population (2,822 vs 548 in Richland). Santa Claus has the higher median household income ($101,875 vs $71,635 in Richland). Santa Claus has the higher median home value ($247,400 vs $145,800 in Richland).

Population, income & housing

	Richland	Santa Claus
Population	548	2,822
Median age	32.6 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,635	$101,875
Median home value	$145,800	$247,400
Median gross rent	$930	$1,275
Housing units	237	1,137
Homeownership rate	88.3%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richland	Santa Claus
Population	398 → 548 (+37.7%)	2,670 → 2,822 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $71,635 (+18.2%)	$77,426 → $101,875 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $145,800 (+59.5%)	$166,700 → $247,400 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $930 (+44.4%)	$1,022 → $1,275 (+24.8%)

Richland

Population

398548

Median household income

$60,625$71,635

Median home value

$91,400$145,800

Median gross rent

$644$930

Santa Claus

Population

2,6702,822

Median household income

$77,426$101,875

Median home value

$166,700$247,400

Median gross rent

$1,022$1,275

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richland	Santa Claus
Under 5	9.1%	8.9%
5 to 17	13.3%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	20.3%	8.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	15.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	6.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.8%
75 and over	8.0%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richland	Santa Claus
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richland	Santa Claus
No high school diploma	6.3%	1.1%
High school graduate	43.0%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richland	Santa Claus
Drove alone	98.3%	85.2%
Carpooled	1.0%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richland	Santa Claus
1-unit, detached	93.7%	94.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Richland	Santa Claus
Poverty rate	10.4%	3.2%
Average household size	2.57	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1972	1995