Claypool Hill vs Richlands

A side-by-side comparison of Claypool Hill and Richlands: population, income, housing, and more.

Claypool Hill and Richlands are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Richlands has the higher population (5,188 vs 1,332 in Claypool Hill). Claypool Hill has the higher median household income ($46,895 vs $37,382 in Richlands). Claypool Hill has the higher median home value ($169,200 vs $107,300 in Richlands).

Population, income & housing

	Claypool Hill	Richlands
Population	1,332	5,188
Median age	50.3 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,895	$37,382
Median home value	$169,200	$107,300
Median gross rent	$835	$824
Housing units	764	2,711
Homeownership rate	80.3%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claypool Hill	Richlands
Population	1,341 → 1,332 (-0.7%)	5,368 → 5,188 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$38,428 → $46,895 (+22.0%)	$30,600 → $37,382 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$132,500 → $169,200 (+27.7%)	$84,600 → $107,300 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $835 (+20.5%)	$666 → $824 (+23.7%)

Claypool Hill

Population

1,3411,332

Median household income

$38,428$46,895

Median home value

$132,500$169,200

Median gross rent

$693$835

Richlands

Population

5,3685,188

Median household income

$30,600$37,382

Median home value

$84,600$107,300

Median gross rent

$666$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claypool Hill	Richlands
Under 5	1.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.7%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	10.3%
45 to 54	14.3%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	19.9%	11.6%
75 and over	10.8%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claypool Hill	Richlands
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	97.6%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claypool Hill	Richlands
No high school diploma	9.9%	13.4%
High school graduate	37.1%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claypool Hill	Richlands
Drove alone	83.9%	84.1%
Carpooled	5.9%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claypool Hill	Richlands
1-unit, detached	77.4%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	27.4%

Poverty & households

	Claypool Hill	Richlands
Poverty rate	13.9%	28.0%
Average household size	2.17	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1978	1973