Center Line vs Richmond

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

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

Center Line has the higher population (8,448 vs 5,839 in Richmond). Richmond has the higher median household income ($61,715 vs $52,857 in Center Line). Richmond has the higher median home value ($228,000 vs $145,300 in Center Line).

Population, income & housing

	Center Line	Richmond
Population	8,448	5,839
Median age	39.9 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,857	$61,715
Median home value	$145,300	$228,000
Median gross rent	$627	$870
Housing units	3,789	2,480
Homeownership rate	57.3%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center Line	Richmond
Population	8,260 → 8,448 (+2.3%)	5,869 → 5,839 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$45,242 → $52,857 (+16.8%)	$57,885 → $61,715 (+6.6%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $145,300 (+65.7%)	$182,300 → $228,000 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $627 (-7.9%)	$682 → $870 (+27.6%)

Center Line

Population

8,2608,448

Median household income

$45,242$52,857

Median home value

$87,700$145,300

Median gross rent

$681$627

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)

	Center Line	Richmond
Under 5	3.8%	10.9%
5 to 17	18.8%	10.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	16.0%	19.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	7.4%
45 to 54	14.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.2%
75 and over	4.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center Line	Richmond
White (non-Hispanic)	50.7%	80.3%
Black or African American	29.5%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	10.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	7.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center Line	Richmond
No high school diploma	13.1%	18.4%
High school graduate	26.6%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center Line	Richmond
Drove alone	74.8%	76.0%
Carpooled	15.3%	14.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.2%
Worked from home	5.1%	7.2%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center Line	Richmond
1-unit, detached	62.4%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	15.4%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	8.3%
20 or more units	14.1%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Center Line	Richmond
Poverty rate	12.6%	23.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1959	1985