Misenheimer vs Richfield

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

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

Richfield has the higher population (839 vs 645 in Misenheimer). Richfield has the higher median household income ($80,536 vs $42,917 in Misenheimer). Richfield has the higher median home value ($212,100 vs $189,600 in Misenheimer).

Population, income & housing

	Misenheimer	Richfield
Population	645	839
Median age	20.6 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,917	$80,536
Median home value	$189,600	$212,100
Median gross rent	$638	$1,071
Housing units	142	352
Homeownership rate	56.3%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Misenheimer	Richfield
Population	774 → 645 (-16.7%)	545 → 839 (+53.9%)
Median household income	$37,083 → $42,917 (+15.7%)	$55,833 → $80,536 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$110,500 → $189,600 (+71.6%)	$124,500 → $212,100 (+70.4%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $638 (+20.4%)	$1,083 → $1,071 (-1.1%)

Misenheimer

Population

774645

Median household income

$37,083$42,917

Median home value

$110,500$189,600

Median gross rent

$530$638

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)

	Misenheimer	Richfield
Under 5	2.6%	9.2%
5 to 17	5.6%	10.0%
18 to 24	65.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	6.7%	28.0%
35 to 44	1.1%	5.6%
45 to 54	2.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	6.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	5.3%	11.0%
75 and over	4.8%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Misenheimer	Richfield
White (non-Hispanic)	65.7%	88.0%
Black or African American	21.2%	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	1.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Misenheimer	Richfield
No high school diploma	14.8%	9.3%
High school graduate	19.5%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Misenheimer	Richfield
Drove alone	57.1%	89.5%
Carpooled	5.1%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	34.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	1.1%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Misenheimer	Richfield
1-unit, detached	59.9%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	33.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Misenheimer	Richfield
Poverty rate	9.6%	12.8%
Average household size	1.93	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1956	1977