Lakemore vs Richfield

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

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

Richfield has the higher population (3,711 vs 2,917 in Lakemore). Richfield has the higher median household income ($78,426 vs $54,836 in Lakemore). Richfield has the higher median home value ($292,000 vs $143,700 in Lakemore).

Population, income & housing

	Lakemore	Richfield
Population	2,917	3,711
Median age	51.2 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,836	$78,426
Median home value	$143,700	$292,000
Median gross rent	$1,073	$1,019
Housing units	1,476	1,673
Homeownership rate	82.7%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakemore	Richfield
Population	3,074 → 2,917 (-5.1%)	3,650 → 3,711 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$46,537 → $54,836 (+17.8%)	$92,243 → $78,426 (-15.0%)
Median home value	$89,200 → $143,700 (+61.1%)	$240,300 → $292,000 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $1,073 (+38.3%)	$970 → $1,019 (+5.1%)

Lakemore

Population

3,0742,917

Median household income

$46,537$54,836

Median home value

$89,200$143,700

Median gross rent

$776$1,073

Richfield

Population

3,6503,711

Median household income

$92,243$78,426

Median home value

$240,300$292,000

Median gross rent

$970$1,019

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakemore	Richfield
Under 5	2.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	12.1%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.3%
25 to 34	6.4%	6.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.1%
45 to 54	14.7%	8.3%
55 to 64	15.9%	29.9%
65 to 74	15.4%	11.6%
75 and over	11.5%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakemore	Richfield
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	84.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakemore	Richfield
No high school diploma	11.6%	3.0%
High school graduate	47.6%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakemore	Richfield
Drove alone	84.4%	75.3%
Carpooled	4.2%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	21.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakemore	Richfield
1-unit, detached	81.9%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakemore	Richfield
Poverty rate	5.4%	4.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1968	1973