Hardin vs Richmond

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

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

Richmond has the higher population (5,979 vs 683 in Hardin). Hardin has the higher median household income ($75,606 vs $58,906 in Richmond). Richmond has the higher median home value ($135,500 vs $96,700 in Hardin).

Population, income & housing

	Hardin	Richmond
Population	683	5,979
Median age	33.6 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,606	$58,906
Median home value	$96,700	$135,500
Median gross rent	$1,000	$734
Housing units	286	2,722
Homeownership rate	74.6%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hardin	Richmond
Population	609 → 683 (+12.2%)	5,628 → 5,979 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$49,643 → $75,606 (+52.3%)	$51,362 → $58,906 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$65,600 → $96,700 (+47.4%)	$100,800 → $135,500 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,009 → $1,000 (-0.9%)	$626 → $734 (+17.3%)

Hardin

Population

609683

Median household income

$49,643$75,606

Median home value

$65,600$96,700

Median gross rent

$1,009$1,000

Richmond

Population

5,6285,979

Median household income

$51,362$58,906

Median home value

$100,800$135,500

Median gross rent

$626$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hardin	Richmond
Under 5	4.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	20.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	14.3%	16.0%
45 to 54	8.8%	8.1%
55 to 64	16.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	5.7%	10.0%
75 and over	4.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hardin	Richmond
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hardin	Richmond
No high school diploma	9.8%	8.7%
High school graduate	49.4%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hardin	Richmond
Drove alone	73.3%	84.8%
Carpooled	15.2%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.6%
Walked	1.5%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hardin	Richmond
1-unit, detached	99.3%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	23.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hardin	Richmond
Poverty rate	9.4%	16.0%
Average household size	2.58	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1951	1964