Badin vs Richfield

A side-by-side comparison of Badin and Richfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Badin and Richfield are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Badin has the higher population (2,163 vs 839 in Richfield). Richfield has the higher median household income ($80,536 vs $43,068 in Badin). Richfield has the higher median home value ($212,100 vs $130,500 in Badin).

Population, income & housing

	Badin	Richfield
Population	2,163	839
Median age	44.9 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,068	$80,536
Median home value	$130,500	$212,100
Median gross rent	$841	$1,071
Housing units	582	352
Homeownership rate	70.6%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Badin	Richfield
Population	2,009 → 2,163 (+7.7%)	545 → 839 (+53.9%)
Median household income	$39,000 → $43,068 (+10.4%)	$55,833 → $80,536 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$84,100 → $130,500 (+55.2%)	$124,500 → $212,100 (+70.4%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $841 (+19.3%)	$1,083 → $1,071 (-1.1%)

Badin

Population

2,0092,163

Median household income

$39,000$43,068

Median home value

$84,100$130,500

Median gross rent

$705$841

Richfield

Population

545839

Median household income

$55,833$80,536

Median home value

$124,500$212,100

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Badin	Richfield
Under 5	2.5%	9.2%
5 to 17	13.3%	10.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	28.0%
35 to 44	16.0%	5.6%
45 to 54	19.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.2%	11.0%
75 and over	6.6%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Badin	Richfield
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	88.0%
Black or African American	38.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Badin	Richfield
No high school diploma	20.9%	9.3%
High school graduate	35.3%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Badin	Richfield
Drove alone	79.1%	89.5%
Carpooled	10.6%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	1.1%
Other means	2.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Badin	Richfield
1-unit, detached	69.6%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	28.4%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Badin	Richfield
Poverty rate	23.3%	12.8%
Average household size	2.86	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1938	1977