Berea vs Richmond

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

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

Richmond has the higher population (35,498 vs 15,557 in Berea). Berea has the higher median household income ($56,484 vs $48,223 in Richmond). Richmond has the higher median home value ($205,900 vs $178,000 in Berea).

Population, income & housing

	Berea	Richmond
Population	15,557	35,498
Median age	34.1 yrs	28.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,484	$48,223
Median home value	$178,000	$205,900
Median gross rent	$806	$860
Housing units	6,218	16,184
Homeownership rate	57.3%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berea	Richmond
Population	15,474 → 15,557 (+0.5%)	35,133 → 35,498 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$44,292 → $56,484 (+27.5%)	$36,302 → $48,223 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $178,000 (+27.8%)	$152,600 → $205,900 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $806 (+12.7%)	$687 → $860 (+25.2%)

Berea

Population

15,47415,557

Median household income

$44,292$56,484

Median home value

$139,300$178,000

Median gross rent

$715$806

Richmond

Population

35,13335,498

Median household income

$36,302$48,223

Median home value

$152,600$205,900

Median gross rent

$687$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berea	Richmond
Under 5	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	12.2%
18 to 24	16.7%	25.5%
25 to 34	14.1%	16.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	8.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	6.1%
75 and over	5.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berea	Richmond
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	83.9%
Black or African American	2.8%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.6%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berea	Richmond
No high school diploma	13.7%	9.4%
High school graduate	30.2%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berea	Richmond
Drove alone	68.6%	77.2%
Carpooled	12.4%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	7.7%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.3%	6.5%
Other means	0.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berea	Richmond
1-unit, detached	61.5%	41.6%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	21.4%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	24.9%
20 or more units	0.5%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Berea	Richmond
Poverty rate	19.5%	21.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1988	1995