Dutchess County vs Richmond County

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

Dutchess County and Richmond County are counties in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Richmond County has the higher population (492,734 vs 297,144 in Dutchess County). Richmond County has the higher median household income ($98,290 vs $97,273 in Dutchess County). Richmond County has the higher median home value ($658,500 vs $368,100 in Dutchess County).

Population, income & housing

	Dutchess County	Richmond County
Population	297,144	492,734
Median age	42.6 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$97,273	$98,290
Median home value	$368,100	$658,500
Median gross rent	$1,522	$1,689
Housing units	122,636	184,074
Homeownership rate	68.8%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dutchess County	Richmond County
Population	293,754 → 297,144 (+1.2%)	474,893 → 492,734 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$81,219 → $97,273 (+19.8%)	$82,783 → $98,290 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$282,000 → $368,100 (+30.5%)	$504,800 → $658,500 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,220 → $1,522 (+24.8%)	$1,319 → $1,689 (+28.1%)

Dutchess County

Population

293,754297,144

Median household income

$81,219$97,273

Median home value

$282,000$368,100

Median gross rent

$1,220$1,522

Richmond County

Population

474,893492,734

Median household income

$82,783$98,290

Median home value

$504,800$658,500

Median gross rent

$1,319$1,689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dutchess County	Richmond County
Under 5	4.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.1%
75 and over	7.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dutchess County	Richmond County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	56.6%
Black or African American	9.4%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	3.4%	12.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dutchess County	Richmond County
No high school diploma	8.2%	11.5%
High school graduate	25.1%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dutchess County	Richmond County
Drove alone	70.1%	52.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	9.2%
Public transit	3.7%	24.3%
Walked	3.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.9%	9.5%
Other means	1.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dutchess County	Richmond County
1-unit, detached	62.6%	34.5%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	25.6%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	26.3%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	3.4%
20 or more units	6.0%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Dutchess County	Richmond County
Poverty rate	8.3%	10.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	31	43
Median year structure built	1971	1974