Richmond vs Wood Heights

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

Richmond and Wood Heights 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 783 in Wood Heights). Wood Heights has the higher median household income ($85,417 vs $58,906 in Richmond). Wood Heights has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $135,500 in Richmond).

Population, income & housing

	Richmond	Wood Heights
Population	5,979	783
Median age	38.5 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,906	$85,417
Median home value	$135,500	$187,500
Median gross rent	$734	$1,200
Housing units	2,722	291
Homeownership rate	56.4%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richmond	Wood Heights
Population	5,628 → 5,979 (+6.2%)	672 → 783 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$51,362 → $58,906 (+14.7%)	$71,136 → $85,417 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$100,800 → $135,500 (+34.4%)	$126,300 → $187,500 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$626 → $734 (+17.3%)	$930 → $1,200 (+29.0%)

Richmond

Population

5,6285,979

Median household income

$51,362$58,906

Median home value

$100,800$135,500

Median gross rent

$626$734

Wood Heights

Population

672783

Median household income

$71,136$85,417

Median home value

$126,300$187,500

Median gross rent

$930$1,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richmond	Wood Heights
Under 5	7.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	12.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	11.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	14.7%
35 to 44	16.0%	9.1%
45 to 54	8.1%	14.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.7%
75 and over	9.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richmond	Wood Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	92.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richmond	Wood Heights
No high school diploma	8.7%	7.5%
High school graduate	46.3%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richmond	Wood Heights
Drove alone	84.8%	90.1%
Carpooled	8.1%	4.2%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richmond	Wood Heights
1-unit, detached	72.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Richmond	Wood Heights
Poverty rate	16.0%	7.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1964	1975