Richfield vs Silver Lake

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

Richfield and Silver Lake 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 2,514 in Silver Lake). Silver Lake has the higher median household income ($142,083 vs $78,426 in Richfield). Silver Lake has the higher median home value ($299,500 vs $292,000 in Richfield).

Population, income & housing

	Richfield	Silver Lake
Population	3,711	2,514
Median age	55.6 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,426	$142,083
Median home value	$292,000	$299,500
Median gross rent	$1,019	$1,696
Housing units	1,673	1,014
Homeownership rate	90.9%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	61.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richfield	Silver Lake
Population	3,650 → 3,711 (+1.7%)	2,532 → 2,514 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$92,243 → $78,426 (-15.0%)	$108,958 → $142,083 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$240,300 → $292,000 (+21.5%)	$227,600 → $299,500 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$970 → $1,019 (+5.1%)	$1,575 → $1,696 (+7.7%)

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

Silver Lake

Population

2,5322,514

Median household income

$108,958$142,083

Median home value

$227,600$299,500

Median gross rent

$1,575$1,696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richfield	Silver Lake
Under 5	4.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	12.1%	16.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	6.6%	6.2%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	8.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	29.9%	19.7%
65 to 74	11.6%	19.2%
75 and over	12.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richfield	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	89.7%
Black or African American	3.2%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richfield	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	3.0%	1.8%
High school graduate	20.7%	12.0%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.6%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richfield	Silver Lake
Drove alone	75.3%	80.8%
Carpooled	2.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richfield	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	73.8%	99.1%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Richfield	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	4.2%	2.6%
Average household size	2.26	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1973	1955