Richmond vs Williamsburg

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

Richmond and Williamsburg 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 383 in Williamsburg). Williamsburg has the higher median household income ($57,708 vs $56,458 in Richmond). Williamsburg has the higher median home value ($98,500 vs $88,100 in Richmond).

Population, income & housing

	Richmond	Williamsburg
Population	504	383
Median age	40.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,458	$57,708
Median home value	$88,100	$98,500
Median gross rent	$825	$950
Housing units	203	161
Homeownership rate	76.5%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richmond	Williamsburg
Population	596 → 504 (-15.4%)	388 → 383 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$54,861 → $56,458 (+2.9%)	$39,514 → $57,708 (+46.0%)
Median home value	$71,200 → $88,100 (+23.7%)	$81,700 → $98,500 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $825 (+1.9%)	$831 → $950 (+14.3%)

Richmond

Population

596504

Median household income

$54,861$56,458

Median home value

$71,200$88,100

Median gross rent

$810$825

Williamsburg

Population

388383

Median household income

$39,514$57,708

Median home value

$81,700$98,500

Median gross rent

$831$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richmond	Williamsburg
Under 5	3.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	20.4%	20.9%
18 to 24	13.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	9.3%	9.9%
35 to 44	8.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	4.0%	9.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	13.1%
75 and over	19.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richmond	Williamsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	24.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richmond	Williamsburg
No high school diploma	17.6%	13.1%
High school graduate	43.9%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richmond	Williamsburg
Drove alone	87.1%	84.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.8%
Other means	3.6%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richmond	Williamsburg
1-unit, detached	89.7%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	Richmond	Williamsburg
Poverty rate	5.9%	2.1%
Average household size	2.68	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1943	1969