Richfield vs Stanfield

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

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

Stanfield has the higher population (1,554 vs 839 in Richfield). Stanfield has the higher median household income ($81,375 vs $80,536 in Richfield). Stanfield has the higher median home value ($302,400 vs $212,100 in Richfield).

Population, income & housing

	Richfield	Stanfield
Population	839	1,554
Median age	31.3 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$80,536	$81,375
Median home value	$212,100	$302,400
Median gross rent	$1,071	$798
Housing units	352	614
Homeownership rate	77.1%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richfield	Stanfield
Population	545 → 839 (+53.9%)	1,264 → 1,554 (+22.9%)
Median household income	$55,833 → $80,536 (+44.2%)	$77,188 → $81,375 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$124,500 → $212,100 (+70.4%)	$202,700 → $302,400 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,071 (-1.1%)	$838 → $798 (-4.8%)

Richfield

Population

545839

Median household income

$55,833$80,536

Median home value

$124,500$212,100

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,071

Stanfield

Population

1,2641,554

Median household income

$77,188$81,375

Median home value

$202,700$302,400

Median gross rent

$838$798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richfield	Stanfield
Under 5	9.2%	9.8%
5 to 17	10.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.2%
25 to 34	28.0%	17.7%
35 to 44	5.6%	7.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	6.6%
75 and over	3.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richfield	Stanfield
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	83.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richfield	Stanfield
No high school diploma	9.3%	14.0%
High school graduate	17.8%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richfield	Stanfield
Drove alone	89.5%	81.2%
Carpooled	7.6%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	6.1%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richfield	Stanfield
1-unit, detached	88.1%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Richfield	Stanfield
Poverty rate	12.8%	11.0%
Average household size	2.79	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	24	34
Median year structure built	1977	1992