Richmond vs Wellsville

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

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

Wellsville has the higher population (2,003 vs 504 in Richmond). Wellsville has the higher median household income ($67,292 vs $56,458 in Richmond). Wellsville has the higher median home value ($166,100 vs $88,100 in Richmond).

Population, income & housing

	Richmond	Wellsville
Population	504	2,003
Median age	40.4 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,458	$67,292
Median home value	$88,100	$166,100
Median gross rent	$825	$1,264
Housing units	203	883
Homeownership rate	76.5%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richmond	Wellsville
Population	596 → 504 (-15.4%)	2,026 → 2,003 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$54,861 → $56,458 (+2.9%)	$64,102 → $67,292 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$71,200 → $88,100 (+23.7%)	$130,400 → $166,100 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $825 (+1.9%)	$663 → $1,264 (+90.6%)

Richmond

Population

596504

Median household income

$54,861$56,458

Median home value

$71,200$88,100

Median gross rent

$810$825

Wellsville

Population

2,0262,003

Median household income

$64,102$67,292

Median home value

$130,400$166,100

Median gross rent

$663$1,264

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richmond	Wellsville
Under 5	3.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	20.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	13.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	8.3%	13.2%
45 to 54	4.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	11.7%
75 and over	19.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richmond	Wellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	24.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richmond	Wellsville
No high school diploma	17.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	43.9%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richmond	Wellsville
Drove alone	87.1%	80.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.3%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richmond	Wellsville
1-unit, detached	89.7%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Richmond	Wellsville
Poverty rate	5.9%	10.9%
Average household size	2.68	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1943	1972