Flowood vs Richland

A side-by-side comparison of Flowood and Richland: population, income, housing, and more.

Flowood and Richland are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Flowood has the higher population (10,384 vs 7,250 in Richland). Flowood has the higher median household income ($83,204 vs $63,611 in Richland). Flowood has the higher median home value ($288,400 vs $131,300 in Richland).

Population, income & housing

	Flowood	Richland
Population	10,384	7,250
Median age	36.8 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,204	$63,611
Median home value	$288,400	$131,300
Median gross rent	$1,409	$1,146
Housing units	4,620	3,128
Homeownership rate	58.2%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flowood	Richland
Population	9,030 → 10,384 (+15.0%)	7,175 → 7,250 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$65,191 → $83,204 (+27.6%)	$47,495 → $63,611 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$187,500 → $288,400 (+53.8%)	$131,100 → $131,300 (+0.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,147 → $1,409 (+22.8%)	$961 → $1,146 (+19.3%)

Flowood

Population

9,03010,384

Median household income

$65,191$83,204

Median home value

$187,500$288,400

Median gross rent

$1,147$1,409

Richland

Population

7,1757,250

Median household income

$47,495$63,611

Median home value

$131,100$131,300

Median gross rent

$961$1,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flowood	Richland
Under 5	7.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.1%	19.9%
18 to 24	5.9%	9.8%
25 to 34	15.6%	13.2%
35 to 44	16.1%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	8.5%
65 to 74	7.5%	12.0%
75 and over	4.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flowood	Richland
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	71.4%
Black or African American	25.7%	17.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flowood	Richland
No high school diploma	3.4%	11.2%
High school graduate	13.1%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flowood	Richland
Drove alone	76.5%	75.6%
Carpooled	12.3%	18.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.2%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flowood	Richland
1-unit, detached	59.9%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	19.9%	7.4%
20 or more units	6.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	28.6%

Poverty & households

	Flowood	Richland
Poverty rate	16.4%	14.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	2000	1993