Locust vs Richfield

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

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

Locust has the higher population (5,529 vs 839 in Richfield). Richfield has the higher median household income ($80,536 vs $78,280 in Locust). Locust has the higher median home value ($285,800 vs $212,100 in Richfield).

Population, income & housing

	Locust	Richfield
Population	5,529	839
Median age	35.4 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,280	$80,536
Median home value	$285,800	$212,100
Median gross rent	$887	$1,071
Housing units	2,099	352
Homeownership rate	88.1%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Locust	Richfield
Population	3,297 → 5,529 (+67.7%)	545 → 839 (+53.9%)
Median household income	$54,710 → $78,280 (+43.1%)	$55,833 → $80,536 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $285,800 (+66.6%)	$124,500 → $212,100 (+70.4%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $887 (+0.2%)	$1,083 → $1,071 (-1.1%)

Locust

Population

3,2975,529

Median household income

$54,710$78,280

Median home value

$171,600$285,800

Median gross rent

$885$887

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)

	Locust	Richfield
Under 5	9.1%	9.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	10.0%
18 to 24	11.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	28.0%
35 to 44	7.1%	5.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	17.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.0%
75 and over	8.1%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Locust	Richfield
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Locust	Richfield
No high school diploma	13.6%	9.3%
High school graduate	33.1%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Locust	Richfield
Drove alone	78.1%	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	11.3%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Locust	Richfield
1-unit, detached	84.6%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Locust	Richfield
Poverty rate	8.2%	12.8%
Average household size	2.93	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	2001	1977