Bellefontaine Neighbors vs Richmond Heights

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

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

Bellefontaine Neighbors has the higher population (10,562 vs 9,179 in Richmond Heights). Richmond Heights has the higher median household income ($90,670 vs $48,354 in Bellefontaine Neighbors). Richmond Heights has the higher median home value ($345,400 vs $92,500 in Bellefontaine Neighbors).

Population, income & housing

	Bellefontaine Neighbors	Richmond Heights
Population	10,562	9,179
Median age	44.2 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,354	$90,670
Median home value	$92,500	$345,400
Median gross rent	$1,086	$1,447
Housing units	4,992	4,695
Homeownership rate	57.4%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	76.0%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellefontaine Neighbors	Richmond Heights
Population	10,517 → 10,562 (+0.4%)	8,500 → 9,179 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$46,163 → $48,354 (+4.7%)	$82,261 → $90,670 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$63,400 → $92,500 (+45.9%)	$253,700 → $345,400 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,014 → $1,086 (+7.1%)	$1,035 → $1,447 (+39.8%)

Bellefontaine Neighbors

Population

10,51710,562

Median household income

$46,163$48,354

Median home value

$63,400$92,500

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,086

Richmond Heights

Population

8,5009,179

Median household income

$82,261$90,670

Median home value

$253,700$345,400

Median gross rent

$1,035$1,447

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellefontaine Neighbors	Richmond Heights
Under 5	7.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	14.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	22.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	18.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	9.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	14.7%	7.2%
75 and over	8.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellefontaine Neighbors	Richmond Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	14.0%	82.0%
Black or African American	82.4%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellefontaine Neighbors	Richmond Heights
No high school diploma	9.9%	0.6%
High school graduate	35.0%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	39.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	36.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellefontaine Neighbors	Richmond Heights
Drove alone	65.3%	75.1%
Carpooled	9.5%	3.1%
Public transit	4.1%	1.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	18.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellefontaine Neighbors	Richmond Heights
1-unit, detached	89.5%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.1%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellefontaine Neighbors	Richmond Heights
Poverty rate	22.4%	5.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1958	1947