Northfield vs Richfield

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

Northfield 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 3,525 in Northfield). Richfield has the higher median household income ($78,426 vs $69,444 in Northfield). Richfield has the higher median home value ($292,000 vs $168,300 in Northfield).

Population, income & housing

	Northfield	Richfield
Population	3,525	3,711
Median age	42.9 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,444	$78,426
Median home value	$168,300	$292,000
Median gross rent	$855	$1,019
Housing units	1,568	1,673
Homeownership rate	68.8%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northfield	Richfield
Population	3,665 → 3,525 (-3.8%)	3,650 → 3,711 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$65,375 → $69,444 (+6.2%)	$92,243 → $78,426 (-15.0%)
Median home value	$143,700 → $168,300 (+17.1%)	$240,300 → $292,000 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $855 (+23.7%)	$970 → $1,019 (+5.1%)

Northfield

Population

3,6653,525

Median household income

$65,375$69,444

Median home value

$143,700$168,300

Median gross rent

$691$855

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)

	Northfield	Richfield
Under 5	4.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	12.1%
18 to 24	4.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	6.6%
35 to 44	16.4%	10.1%
45 to 54	17.5%	8.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	29.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.6%
75 and over	7.9%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northfield	Richfield
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	84.7%
Black or African American	11.5%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.7%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northfield	Richfield
No high school diploma	10.6%	3.0%
High school graduate	32.3%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northfield	Richfield
Drove alone	75.3%	75.3%
Carpooled	10.7%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	21.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northfield	Richfield
1-unit, detached	70.3%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Northfield	Richfield
Poverty rate	11.5%	4.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1966	1973