Edina vs Richfield

A side-by-side comparison of Edina and Richfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Edina and Richfield are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Edina has the higher population (53,125 vs 36,725 in Richfield). Edina has the higher median household income ($129,225 vs $84,055 in Richfield). Edina has the higher median home value ($624,000 vs $320,400 in Richfield).

Population, income & housing

	Edina	Richfield
Population	53,125	36,725
Median age	44.8 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$129,225	$84,055
Median home value	$624,000	$320,400
Median gross rent	$1,757	$1,334
Housing units	24,236	16,759
Homeownership rate	72.4%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.2%	44.3%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edina	Richfield
Population	51,746 → 53,125 (+2.7%)	36,063 → 36,725 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$104,244 → $129,225 (+24.0%)	$66,908 → $84,055 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$476,300 → $624,000 (+31.0%)	$225,200 → $320,400 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,404 → $1,757 (+25.1%)	$1,079 → $1,334 (+23.6%)

Edina

Population

51,74653,125

Median household income

$104,244$129,225

Median home value

$476,300$624,000

Median gross rent

$1,404$1,757

Richfield

Population

36,06336,725

Median household income

$66,908$84,055

Median home value

$225,200$320,400

Median gross rent

$1,079$1,334

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edina	Richfield
Under 5	5.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	13.5%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	17.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	17.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.6%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.3%
75 and over	10.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edina	Richfield
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	61.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	6.6%	6.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	18.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edina	Richfield
No high school diploma	1.5%	8.6%
High school graduate	8.2%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.8%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	31.3%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edina	Richfield
Drove alone	67.0%	68.1%
Carpooled	4.0%	6.8%
Public transit	0.7%	4.3%
Walked	1.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	25.4%	15.7%
Other means	0.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edina	Richfield
1-unit, detached	53.5%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	11.1%
20 or more units	33.5%	24.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Edina	Richfield
Poverty rate	4.4%	7.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1971	1959