New California vs Richwood

A side-by-side comparison of New California and Richwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Richwood has the higher population (2,303 vs 1,810 in New California). New California has the higher median household income ($159,188 vs $52,422 in Richwood). New California has the higher median home value ($448,300 vs $161,500 in Richwood).

Population, income & housing

	New California	Richwood
Population	1,810	2,303
Median age	40.5 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$159,188	$52,422
Median home value	$448,300	$161,500
Median gross rent	—	$876
Housing units	606	1,069
Homeownership rate	93.6%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.7%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New California	Richwood
Population	1,400 → 1,810 (+29.3%)	2,329 → 2,303 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$148,750 → $159,188 (+7.0%)	$47,361 → $52,422 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$340,200 → $448,300 (+31.8%)	$101,900 → $161,500 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$804 → $876 (+9.0%)

New California

Population

1,4001,810

Median household income

$148,750$159,188

Median home value

$340,200$448,300

Richwood

Population

2,3292,303

Median household income

$47,361$52,422

Median home value

$101,900$161,500

Median gross rent

$804$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New California	Richwood
Under 5	6.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	26.6%	19.1%
18 to 24	4.8%	4.2%
25 to 34	4.1%	18.4%
35 to 44	21.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	19.6%	10.6%
55 to 64	7.1%	13.8%
65 to 74	5.7%	9.8%
75 and over	4.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New California	Richwood
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	90.4%
Black or African American	4.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New California	Richwood
No high school diploma	2.5%	7.7%
High school graduate	12.2%	60.4%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	53.2%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New California	Richwood
Drove alone	70.5%	81.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	28.2%	5.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New California	Richwood
1-unit, detached	92.2%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	New California	Richwood
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.5%
Average household size	3.24	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	2008	1953