Esperance vs Richmondville

A side-by-side comparison of Esperance and Richmondville: population, income, housing, and more.

Esperance and Richmondville are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Richmondville has the higher population (1,001 vs 238 in Esperance). Esperance has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $46,571 in Richmondville). Esperance has the higher median home value ($170,700 vs $155,100 in Richmondville).

Population, income & housing

	Esperance	Richmondville
Population	238	1,001
Median age	48.2 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$46,571
Median home value	$170,700	$155,100
Median gross rent	$1,100	$835
Housing units	153	448
Homeownership rate	79.7%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Esperance	Richmondville
Population	376 → 238 (-36.7%)	841 → 1,001 (+19.0%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $68,750 (+22.2%)	$58,375 → $46,571 (-20.2%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $170,700 (+36.6%)	$117,200 → $155,100 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,167 → $1,100 (-5.7%)	$711 → $835 (+17.4%)

Esperance

Population

376238

Median household income

$56,250$68,750

Median home value

$125,000$170,700

Median gross rent

$1,167$1,100

Richmondville

Population

8411,001

Median household income

$58,375$46,571

Median home value

$117,200$155,100

Median gross rent

$711$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Esperance	Richmondville
Under 5	3.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	6.7%	26.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	21.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	14.9%
45 to 54	9.2%	7.5%
55 to 64	22.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.7%
75 and over	10.5%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Esperance	Richmondville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Esperance	Richmondville
No high school diploma	7.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	34.0%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Esperance	Richmondville
Drove alone	78.8%	68.9%
Carpooled	5.1%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	13.9%
Other means	1.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Esperance	Richmondville
1-unit, detached	69.3%	46.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.5%	25.4%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Esperance	Richmondville
Poverty rate	6.7%	14.3%
Average household size	2.02	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1938	1970