Richlands vs Tazewell

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

Richlands and Tazewell 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 4,419 in Tazewell). Richlands has the higher median household income ($37,382 vs $35,392 in Tazewell). Tazewell has the higher median home value ($110,400 vs $107,300 in Richlands).

Population, income & housing

	Richlands	Tazewell
Population	5,188	4,419
Median age	41.6 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,382	$35,392
Median home value	$107,300	$110,400
Median gross rent	$824	$722
Housing units	2,711	2,101
Homeownership rate	65.6%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richlands	Tazewell
Population	5,368 → 5,188 (-3.4%)	4,250 → 4,419 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$30,600 → $37,382 (+22.2%)	$44,405 → $35,392 (-20.3%)
Median home value	$84,600 → $107,300 (+26.8%)	$119,400 → $110,400 (-7.5%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $824 (+23.7%)	$647 → $722 (+11.6%)

Richlands

Population

5,3685,188

Median household income

$30,600$37,382

Median home value

$84,600$107,300

Median gross rent

$666$824

Tazewell

Population

4,2504,419

Median household income

$44,405$35,392

Median home value

$119,400$110,400

Median gross rent

$647$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richlands	Tazewell
Under 5	5.2%	3.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	16.7%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.5%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.3%
75 and over	11.8%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richlands	Tazewell
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richlands	Tazewell
No high school diploma	13.4%	12.5%
High school graduate	41.3%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richlands	Tazewell
Drove alone	84.1%	77.2%
Carpooled	9.2%	15.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richlands	Tazewell
1-unit, detached	58.2%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	9.3%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	27.4%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Richlands	Tazewell
Poverty rate	28.0%	23.2%
Average household size	2.33	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1973	1964