Mount Clemens vs Richmond

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

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

Mount Clemens has the higher population (15,567 vs 5,839 in Richmond). Richmond has the higher median household income ($61,715 vs $57,663 in Mount Clemens). Richmond has the higher median home value ($228,000 vs $169,000 in Mount Clemens).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Clemens	Richmond
Population	15,567	5,839
Median age	42.4 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,663	$61,715
Median home value	$169,000	$228,000
Median gross rent	$899	$870
Housing units	7,087	2,480
Homeownership rate	61.5%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Clemens	Richmond
Population	16,315 → 15,567 (-4.6%)	5,869 → 5,839 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$43,018 → $57,663 (+34.0%)	$57,885 → $61,715 (+6.6%)
Median home value	$103,100 → $169,000 (+63.9%)	$182,300 → $228,000 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $899 (+20.5%)	$682 → $870 (+27.6%)

Mount Clemens

Population

16,31515,567

Median household income

$43,018$57,663

Median home value

$103,100$169,000

Median gross rent

$746$899

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)

	Mount Clemens	Richmond
Under 5	3.9%	10.9%
5 to 17	11.7%	10.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	17.6%	19.5%
35 to 44	14.4%	7.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	16.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.2%
75 and over	6.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Clemens	Richmond
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	80.3%
Black or African American	22.7%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	7.5%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Clemens	Richmond
No high school diploma	11.5%	18.4%
High school graduate	33.0%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Clemens	Richmond
Drove alone	80.8%	76.0%
Carpooled	7.3%	14.4%
Public transit	1.2%	0.3%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	2.2%
Worked from home	6.5%	7.2%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Clemens	Richmond
1-unit, detached	63.4%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	15.4%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	8.3%
20 or more units	6.8%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Clemens	Richmond
Poverty rate	14.3%	23.4%
Average household size	2.10	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1955	1985