Richfield vs Thompsontown

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

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

Thompsontown has the higher population (554 vs 355 in Richfield). Richfield has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $41,875 in Thompsontown). Thompsontown has the higher median home value ($158,300 vs $133,900 in Richfield).

Population, income & housing

	Richfield	Thompsontown
Population	355	554
Median age	61.7 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,875	$41,875
Median home value	$133,900	$158,300
Median gross rent	$488	$707
Housing units	209	323
Homeownership rate	56.3%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richfield	Thompsontown
Population	499 → 355 (-28.9%)	801 → 554 (-30.8%)
Median household income	$34,196 → $61,875 (+80.9%)	$43,333 → $41,875 (-3.4%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $133,900 (+40.9%)	$128,100 → $158,300 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $488 (-39.5%)	$596 → $707 (+18.6%)

Richfield

Population

499355

Median household income

$34,196$61,875

Median home value

$95,000$133,900

Median gross rent

$806$488

Thompsontown

Population

801554

Median household income

$43,333$41,875

Median home value

$128,100$158,300

Median gross rent

$596$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richfield	Thompsontown
Under 5	5.6%	8.5%
5 to 17	4.5%	11.6%
18 to 24	0.3%	12.6%
25 to 34	7.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	8.2%	8.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	7.2%
55 to 64	18.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	15.8%	10.6%
75 and over	28.5%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richfield	Thompsontown
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	10.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richfield	Thompsontown
No high school diploma	18.2%	12.6%
High school graduate	47.2%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richfield	Thompsontown
Drove alone	84.7%	71.7%
Carpooled	2.5%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	4.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	15.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richfield	Thompsontown
1-unit, detached	56.0%	48.0%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	34.4%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	24.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Richfield	Thompsontown
Poverty rate	14.2%	22.4%
Average household size	1.61	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1944	1963