Richfield vs Salina

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

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

Richfield has the higher population (8,173 vs 2,521 in Salina). Richfield has the higher median household income ($77,847 vs $64,464 in Salina). Richfield has the higher median home value ($287,500 vs $257,200 in Salina).

Population, income & housing

	Richfield	Salina
Population	8,173	2,521
Median age	32.4 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,847	$64,464
Median home value	$287,500	$257,200
Median gross rent	$850	$695
Housing units	2,990	1,007
Homeownership rate	68.1%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richfield	Salina
Population	7,731 → 8,173 (+5.7%)	2,580 → 2,521 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$46,625 → $77,847 (+67.0%)	$54,286 → $64,464 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$180,900 → $287,500 (+58.9%)	$124,200 → $257,200 (+107.1%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $850 (+23.7%)	$714 → $695 (-2.7%)

Richfield

Population

7,7318,173

Median household income

$46,625$77,847

Median home value

$180,900$287,500

Median gross rent

$687$850

Salina

Population

2,5802,521

Median household income

$54,286$64,464

Median home value

$124,200$257,200

Median gross rent

$714$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richfield	Salina
Under 5	7.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	23.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	10.0%
35 to 44	14.8%	17.5%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.6%
55 to 64	9.1%	9.8%
65 to 74	8.2%	11.7%
75 and over	6.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richfield	Salina
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richfield	Salina
No high school diploma	7.5%	7.2%
High school graduate	27.7%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richfield	Salina
Drove alone	73.7%	86.3%
Carpooled	12.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.9%	3.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richfield	Salina
1-unit, detached	70.9%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	8.7%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Richfield	Salina
Poverty rate	13.1%	14.3%
Average household size	2.97	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	13	22
Median year structure built	1976	1972