Armada vs Richmond

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

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

Richmond has the higher population (5,839 vs 1,876 in Armada). Armada has the higher median household income ($110,345 vs $61,715 in Richmond). Armada has the higher median home value ($249,600 vs $228,000 in Richmond).

Population, income & housing

	Armada	Richmond
Population	1,876	5,839
Median age	41.0 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$110,345	$61,715
Median home value	$249,600	$228,000
Median gross rent	$1,094	$870
Housing units	614	2,480
Homeownership rate	85.7%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Armada	Richmond
Population	1,799 → 1,876 (+4.3%)	5,869 → 5,839 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$69,688 → $110,345 (+58.3%)	$57,885 → $61,715 (+6.6%)
Median home value	$163,100 → $249,600 (+53.0%)	$182,300 → $228,000 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $1,094 (+35.4%)	$682 → $870 (+27.6%)

Armada

Population

1,7991,876

Median household income

$69,688$110,345

Median home value

$163,100$249,600

Median gross rent

$808$1,094

Richmond

Population

5,8695,839

Median household income

$57,885$61,715

Median home value

$182,300$228,000

Median gross rent

$682$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Armada	Richmond
Under 5	3.0%	10.9%
5 to 17	20.8%	10.0%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	7.1%	19.5%
35 to 44	19.3%	7.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.2%
75 and over	7.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Armada	Richmond
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	7.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Armada	Richmond
No high school diploma	6.6%	18.4%
High school graduate	25.8%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Armada	Richmond
Drove alone	66.6%	76.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.2%
Worked from home	25.5%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Armada	Richmond
1-unit, detached	90.9%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	15.4%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	8.3%
20 or more units	2.3%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Armada	Richmond
Poverty rate	6.0%	23.4%
Average household size	2.89	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1952	1985