Richmond vs Utica

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

Richmond and Utica 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 5,184 in Utica). Richmond has the higher median household income ($61,715 vs $55,524 in Utica). Richmond has the higher median home value ($228,000 vs $216,800 in Utica).

Population, income & housing

	Richmond	Utica
Population	5,839	5,184
Median age	38.3 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,715	$55,524
Median home value	$228,000	$216,800
Median gross rent	$870	$984
Housing units	2,480	2,570
Homeownership rate	75.3%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richmond	Utica
Population	5,869 → 5,839 (-0.5%)	5,006 → 5,184 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$57,885 → $61,715 (+6.6%)	$56,033 → $55,524 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$182,300 → $228,000 (+25.1%)	$156,800 → $216,800 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $870 (+27.6%)	$884 → $984 (+11.3%)

Richmond

Population

5,8695,839

Median household income

$57,885$61,715

Median home value

$182,300$228,000

Median gross rent

$682$870

Utica

Population

5,0065,184

Median household income

$56,033$55,524

Median home value

$156,800$216,800

Median gross rent

$884$984

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richmond	Utica
Under 5	10.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	10.0%	12.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	19.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	7.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	15.5%
75 and over	6.7%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richmond	Utica
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	80.7%
Black or African American	2.2%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richmond	Utica
No high school diploma	18.4%	6.7%
High school graduate	31.2%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richmond	Utica
Drove alone	76.0%	80.6%
Carpooled	14.4%	6.0%
Public transit	0.3%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richmond	Utica
1-unit, detached	61.7%	33.9%
1-unit, attached	15.4%	23.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	17.2%
20 or more units	3.9%	17.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Richmond	Utica
Poverty rate	23.4%	6.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1985	1976