Rantoul vs Richmond

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

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

Richmond has the higher population (504 vs 114 in Rantoul). Richmond has the higher median household income ($56,458 vs $55,000 in Rantoul). Rantoul has the higher median home value ($104,900 vs $88,100 in Richmond).

Population, income & housing

	Rantoul	Richmond
Population	114	504
Median age	52.0 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$56,458
Median home value	$104,900	$88,100
Median gross rent	—	$825
Housing units	74	203
Homeownership rate	98.3%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rantoul	Richmond
Population	185 → 114 (-38.4%)	596 → 504 (-15.4%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $55,000 (+33.3%)	$54,861 → $56,458 (+2.9%)
Median home value	$71,700 → $104,900 (+46.3%)	$71,200 → $88,100 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $675 (+8.0%)	$810 → $825 (+1.9%)

Rantoul

Population

185114

Median household income

$41,250$55,000

Median home value

$71,700$104,900

Median gross rent

$625$675

Richmond

Population

596504

Median household income

$54,861$56,458

Median home value

$71,200$88,100

Median gross rent

$810$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rantoul	Richmond
Under 5	1.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	20.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	9.3%
35 to 44	14.9%	8.3%
45 to 54	8.8%	4.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	14.0%	7.5%
75 and over	14.9%	19.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rantoul	Richmond
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	75.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	24.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rantoul	Richmond
No high school diploma	2.2%	17.6%
High school graduate	64.5%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rantoul	Richmond
Drove alone	83.3%	87.1%
Carpooled	13.3%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rantoul	Richmond
1-unit, detached	64.9%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.1%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Rantoul	Richmond
Poverty rate	1.8%	5.9%
Average household size	1.97	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1978	1943