Chillicothe vs Richmond Dale

A side-by-side comparison of Chillicothe and Richmond Dale: population, income, housing, and more.

Chillicothe and Richmond Dale are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chillicothe has the higher population (21,958 vs 600 in Richmond Dale). Chillicothe has the higher median home value ($145,900 vs $88,700 in Richmond Dale). Since 2019, Richmond Dale's population has grown faster (+3.1% vs +1.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Chillicothe	Richmond Dale
Population	21,958	600
Median age	41.7 yrs	26.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,193	—
Median home value	$145,900	$88,700
Median gross rent	$842	—
Housing units	10,820	195
Homeownership rate	60.8%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chillicothe	Richmond Dale
Population	21,719 → 21,958 (+1.1%)	582 → 600 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$44,323 → $49,193 (+11.0%)	$31,757 → $31,974 (+0.7%)
Median home value	$116,800 → $145,900 (+24.9%)	$125,500 → $88,700 (-29.3%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $842 (+10.6%)	$636 → $646 (+1.6%)

Chillicothe

Population

21,71921,958

Median household income

$44,323$49,193

Median home value

$116,800$145,900

Median gross rent

$761$842

Richmond Dale

Population

582600

Median household income

$31,757$31,974

Median home value

$125,500$88,700

Median gross rent

$636$646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chillicothe	Richmond Dale
Under 5	6.6%	11.8%
5 to 17	13.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	13.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	25.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	6.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	6.5%
65 to 74	13.3%	11.3%
75 and over	8.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chillicothe	Richmond Dale
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	77.7%
Black or African American	8.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	22.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chillicothe	Richmond Dale
No high school diploma	7.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.9%	53.7%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chillicothe	Richmond Dale
Drove alone	81.4%	88.5%
Carpooled	8.8%	11.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chillicothe	Richmond Dale
1-unit, detached	71.3%	54.9%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	45.1%

Poverty & households

	Chillicothe	Richmond Dale
Poverty rate	20.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.17	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	23	53
Median year structure built	1955	1967