Hagerstown vs Richmond

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

Hagerstown 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 1,710 in Hagerstown). Hagerstown has the higher median household income ($59,350 vs $46,395 in Richmond). Hagerstown has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $107,600 in Richmond).

Population, income & housing

	Hagerstown	Richmond
Population	1,710	35,551
Median age	35.3 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,350	$46,395
Median home value	$115,600	$107,600
Median gross rent	$732	$815
Housing units	756	17,287
Homeownership rate	77.7%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hagerstown	Richmond
Population	1,934 → 1,710 (-11.6%)	35,539 → 35,551 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$56,522 → $59,350 (+5.0%)	$39,724 → $46,395 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$95,500 → $115,600 (+21.0%)	$88,400 → $107,600 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $732 (-1.9%)	$679 → $815 (+20.0%)

Hagerstown

Population

1,9341,710

Median household income

$56,522$59,350

Median home value

$95,500$115,600

Median gross rent

$746$732

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)

	Hagerstown	Richmond
Under 5	7.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	15.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	10.9%
25 to 34	13.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	8.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.3%
75 and over	8.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hagerstown	Richmond
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	79.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.5%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hagerstown	Richmond
No high school diploma	3.8%	13.3%
High school graduate	40.6%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hagerstown	Richmond
Drove alone	84.1%	78.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.6%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	4.1%
Other means	2.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hagerstown	Richmond
1-unit, detached	88.1%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Hagerstown	Richmond
Poverty rate	9.7%	23.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1943	1957