Richmond vs Winooski

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

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

Winooski has the higher population (8,198 vs 675 in Richmond). Winooski has the higher median household income ($77,020 vs $62,240 in Richmond). Winooski has the higher median home value ($350,700 vs $261,900 in Richmond).

Population, income & housing

	Richmond	Winooski
Population	675	8,198
Median age	36.0 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,240	$77,020
Median home value	$261,900	$350,700
Median gross rent	$1,814	$1,635
Housing units	329	3,952
Homeownership rate	46.1%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.6%	56.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richmond	Winooski
Population	387 → 675 (+74.4%)	7,242 → 8,198 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$51,722 → $62,240 (+20.3%)	$51,728 → $77,020 (+48.9%)
Median home value	$258,300 → $261,900 (+1.4%)	$225,200 → $350,700 (+55.7%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,814 (+87.6%)	$1,144 → $1,635 (+42.9%)

Richmond

Population

387675

Median household income

$51,722$62,240

Median home value

$258,300$261,900

Median gross rent

$967$1,814

Winooski

Population

7,2428,198

Median household income

$51,728$77,020

Median home value

$225,200$350,700

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,635

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richmond	Winooski
Under 5	4.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	23.6%	11.8%
18 to 24	0.7%	16.4%
25 to 34	16.6%	22.7%
35 to 44	16.4%	15.5%
45 to 54	16.3%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	8.5%
65 to 74	7.3%	6.7%
75 and over	1.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richmond	Winooski
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	77.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.1%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richmond	Winooski
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.4%
High school graduate	2.5%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	45.1%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richmond	Winooski
Drove alone	63.6%	63.9%
Carpooled	19.9%	11.4%
Public transit	4.0%	2.5%
Walked	0.7%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	11.8%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richmond	Winooski
1-unit, detached	20.1%	28.7%
1-unit, attached	16.7%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	43.5%	29.4%
5 to 19 units	19.8%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	29.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Richmond	Winooski
Poverty rate	5.2%	14.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1938	1961