Fountain City vs Richmond

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

Fountain 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 718 in Fountain City). Richmond has the higher median household income ($46,395 vs $46,106 in Fountain City). Richmond has the higher median home value ($107,600 vs $96,900 in Fountain City).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain City	Richmond
Population	718	35,551
Median age	41.3 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,106	$46,395
Median home value	$96,900	$107,600
Median gross rent	$647	$815
Housing units	370	17,287
Homeownership rate	75.9%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain City	Richmond
Population	740 → 718 (-3.0%)	35,539 → 35,551 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$50,357 → $46,106 (-8.4%)	$39,724 → $46,395 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $96,900 (+24.1%)	$88,400 → $107,600 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $647 (-6.0%)	$679 → $815 (+20.0%)

Fountain City

Population

740718

Median household income

$50,357$46,106

Median home value

$78,100$96,900

Median gross rent

$688$647

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)

	Fountain City	Richmond
Under 5	6.3%	7.0%
5 to 17	18.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	10.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.3%
75 and over	9.3%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain City	Richmond
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	79.3%
Black or African American	1.8%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.4%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain City	Richmond
No high school diploma	7.8%	13.3%
High school graduate	52.0%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain City	Richmond
Drove alone	88.1%	78.7%
Carpooled	3.6%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	4.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain City	Richmond
1-unit, detached	67.0%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Fountain City	Richmond
Poverty rate	15.8%	23.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1952	1957