Bakersfield vs Richford

A side-by-side comparison of Bakersfield and Richford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Richford has the higher population (1,600 vs 377 in Bakersfield). Bakersfield has the higher median household income ($88,438 vs $49,954 in Richford). Bakersfield has the higher median home value ($224,400 vs $157,100 in Richford).

Population, income & housing

	Bakersfield	Richford
Population	377	1,600
Median age	47.6 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,438	$49,954
Median home value	$224,400	$157,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,136
Housing units	148	704
Homeownership rate	98.0%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bakersfield	Richford
Population	431 → 377 (-12.5%)	1,639 → 1,600 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$65,104 → $88,438 (+35.8%)	$43,125 → $49,954 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$166,900 → $224,400 (+34.5%)	$97,500 → $157,100 (+61.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$960 → $1,136 (+18.3%)

Bakersfield

Population

431377

Median household income

$65,104$88,438

Median home value

$166,900$224,400

Richford

Population

1,6391,600

Median household income

$43,125$49,954

Median home value

$97,500$157,100

Median gross rent

$960$1,136

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bakersfield	Richford
Under 5	0.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	10.6%	24.6%
18 to 24	14.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	9.8%	8.9%
35 to 44	7.7%	19.1%
45 to 54	27.9%	9.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	7.8%
75 and over	4.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bakersfield	Richford
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bakersfield	Richford
No high school diploma	3.6%	8.7%
High school graduate	40.4%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bakersfield	Richford
Drove alone	79.3%	89.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bakersfield	Richford
1-unit, detached	98.0%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Bakersfield	Richford
Poverty rate	1.9%	27.4%
Average household size	2.55	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938