Red Cross vs Richfield

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

Red Cross 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 740 in Red Cross). Richfield has the higher median household income ($80,536 vs $58,375 in Red Cross). Red Cross has the higher median home value ($217,200 vs $212,100 in Richfield).

Population, income & housing

	Red Cross	Richfield
Population	740	839
Median age	42.3 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,375	$80,536
Median home value	$217,200	$212,100
Median gross rent	$691	$1,071
Housing units	342	352
Homeownership rate	76.9%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Red Cross	Richfield
Population	689 → 740 (+7.4%)	545 → 839 (+53.9%)
Median household income	$51,563 → $58,375 (+13.2%)	$55,833 → $80,536 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$155,500 → $217,200 (+39.7%)	$124,500 → $212,100 (+70.4%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $691 (+9.5%)	$1,083 → $1,071 (-1.1%)

Red Cross

Population

689740

Median household income

$51,563$58,375

Median home value

$155,500$217,200

Median gross rent

$631$691

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)

	Red Cross	Richfield
Under 5	4.2%	9.2%
5 to 17	16.8%	10.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.9%	28.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	5.6%
45 to 54	7.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	17.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.6%	11.0%
75 and over	10.0%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Red Cross	Richfield
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	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	2.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Red Cross	Richfield
No high school diploma	6.1%	9.3%
High school graduate	43.7%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Red Cross	Richfield
Drove alone	79.6%	89.5%
Carpooled	14.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Red Cross	Richfield
1-unit, detached	69.0%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Red Cross	Richfield
Poverty rate	7.6%	12.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1980	1977