Richfield vs West Bend

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

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

West Bend has the higher population (31,722 vs 11,806 in Richfield). Richfield has the higher median household income ($135,774 vs $75,043 in West Bend). Richfield has the higher median home value ($456,500 vs $244,500 in West Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Richfield	West Bend
Population	11,806	31,722
Median age	49.7 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$135,774	$75,043
Median home value	$456,500	$244,500
Median gross rent	$1,460	$1,033
Housing units	4,725	14,462
Homeownership rate	97.4%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.1%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richfield	West Bend
Population	11,690 → 11,806 (+1.0%)	31,596 → 31,722 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$105,441 → $135,774 (+28.8%)	$60,910 → $75,043 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$323,700 → $456,500 (+41.0%)	$174,500 → $244,500 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,038 → $1,460 (+40.7%)	$858 → $1,033 (+20.4%)

Richfield

Population

11,69011,806

Median household income

$105,441$135,774

Median home value

$323,700$456,500

Median gross rent

$1,038$1,460

West Bend

Population

31,59631,722

Median household income

$60,910$75,043

Median home value

$174,500$244,500

Median gross rent

$858$1,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richfield	West Bend
Under 5	3.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	8.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	18.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.7%
75 and over	9.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richfield	West Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richfield	West Bend
No high school diploma	1.4%	4.8%
High school graduate	20.7%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richfield	West Bend
Drove alone	70.7%	81.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	6.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.4%
Walked	0.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	23.1%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richfield	West Bend
1-unit, detached	96.0%	51.7%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Richfield	West Bend
Poverty rate	4.2%	7.5%
Average household size	2.58	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1988	1977