Cambridge City vs Richmond

A side-by-side comparison of Cambridge City and Richmond: population, income, housing, and more.

Cambridge City and Richmond are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Richmond has the higher population (35,551 vs 1,623 in Cambridge City). Cambridge City has the higher median household income ($46,500 vs $46,395 in Richmond). Richmond has the higher median home value ($107,600 vs $97,400 in Cambridge City).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge City	Richmond
Population	1,623	35,551
Median age	36.7 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,500	$46,395
Median home value	$97,400	$107,600
Median gross rent	$767	$815
Housing units	878	17,287
Homeownership rate	71.1%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge City	Richmond
Population	1,744 → 1,623 (-6.9%)	35,539 → 35,551 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$37,685 → $46,500 (+23.4%)	$39,724 → $46,395 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $97,400 (+36.2%)	$88,400 → $107,600 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $767 (+13.5%)	$679 → $815 (+20.0%)

Cambridge City

Population

1,7441,623

Median household income

$37,685$46,500

Median home value

$71,500$97,400

Median gross rent

$676$767

Richmond

Population

35,53935,551

Median household income

$39,724$46,395

Median home value

$88,400$107,600

Median gross rent

$679$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambridge City	Richmond
Under 5	6.1%	7.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	15.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	10.9%
25 to 34	15.3%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	8.3%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.3%
75 and over	7.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge City	Richmond
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	79.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge City	Richmond
No high school diploma	12.0%	13.3%
High school graduate	36.0%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge City	Richmond
Drove alone	88.1%	78.7%
Carpooled	8.0%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.3%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	4.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge City	Richmond
1-unit, detached	88.0%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge City	Richmond
Poverty rate	20.5%	23.2%
Average household size	2.16	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1950	1957