Parchment vs Richland

A side-by-side comparison of Parchment and Richland: population, income, housing, and more.

Parchment and Richland are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Parchment has the higher population (2,012 vs 1,014 in Richland). Richland has the higher median household income ($84,333 vs $54,572 in Parchment). Richland has the higher median home value ($248,400 vs $178,400 in Parchment).

Population, income & housing

	Parchment	Richland
Population	2,012	1,014
Median age	30.2 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,572	$84,333
Median home value	$178,400	$248,400
Median gross rent	$1,024	$1,292
Housing units	1,002	385
Homeownership rate	56.9%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parchment	Richland
Population	1,953 → 2,012 (+3.0%)	772 → 1,014 (+31.3%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $54,572 (+9.1%)	$74,219 → $84,333 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$121,400 → $178,400 (+47.0%)	$184,100 → $248,400 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $1,024 (+35.8%)	$850 → $1,292 (+52.0%)

Parchment

Population

1,9532,012

Median household income

$50,000$54,572

Median home value

$121,400$178,400

Median gross rent

$754$1,024

Richland

Population

7721,014

Median household income

$74,219$84,333

Median home value

$184,100$248,400

Median gross rent

$850$1,292

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parchment	Richland
Under 5	5.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.9%	18.4%
18 to 24	15.1%	10.3%
25 to 34	22.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	7.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	9.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	4.8%	11.3%
75 and over	5.0%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parchment	Richland
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	91.0%
Black or African American	14.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parchment	Richland
No high school diploma	5.5%	2.2%
High school graduate	27.2%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parchment	Richland
Drove alone	86.6%	71.9%
Carpooled	2.5%	6.1%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	5.3%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parchment	Richland
1-unit, detached	57.2%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	13.8%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	2.1%
20 or more units	4.3%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Parchment	Richland
Poverty rate	8.9%	9.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1954	1992