Richmond vs River Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Richmond and River Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Richmond and River Heights are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Richmond has the higher population (2,971 vs 2,179 in River Heights). River Heights has the higher median household income ($109,063 vs $103,047 in Richmond). River Heights has the higher median home value ($427,900 vs $348,700 in Richmond).

Population, income & housing

	Richmond	River Heights
Population	2,971	2,179
Median age	35.0 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$103,047	$109,063
Median home value	$348,700	$427,900
Median gross rent	$930	$1,134
Housing units	934	707
Homeownership rate	86.9%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	57.1%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richmond	River Heights
Population	2,672 → 2,971 (+11.2%)	2,162 → 2,179 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$61,667 → $103,047 (+67.1%)	$71,750 → $109,063 (+52.0%)
Median home value	$212,100 → $348,700 (+64.4%)	$257,600 → $427,900 (+66.1%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $930 (+16.7%)	$836 → $1,134 (+35.6%)

Richmond

Population

2,6722,971

Median household income

$61,667$103,047

Median home value

$212,100$348,700

Median gross rent

$797$930

River Heights

Population

2,1622,179

Median household income

$71,750$109,063

Median home value

$257,600$427,900

Median gross rent

$836$1,134

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richmond	River Heights
Under 5	5.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	31.6%	22.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	13.1%
25 to 34	6.9%	8.3%
35 to 44	17.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	9.2%	9.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.4%
75 and over	3.5%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richmond	River Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richmond	River Heights
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.5%
High school graduate	26.7%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richmond	River Heights
Drove alone	78.4%	72.4%
Carpooled	14.1%	13.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.5%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.5%	10.9%
Other means	0.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richmond	River Heights
1-unit, detached	89.0%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Richmond	River Heights
Poverty rate	2.7%	5.1%
Average household size	3.33	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1982	1975