Richmond County vs Westchester County

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

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

Westchester County has the higher population (996,888 vs 492,734 in Richmond County). Westchester County has the higher median household income ($118,411 vs $98,290 in Richmond County). Richmond County has the higher median home value ($658,500 vs $638,400 in Westchester County).

Population, income & housing

	Richmond County	Westchester County
Population	492,734	996,888
Median age	40.4 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$98,290	$118,411
Median home value	$658,500	$638,400
Median gross rent	$1,689	$1,876
Housing units	184,074	391,861
Homeownership rate	67.9%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	52.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richmond County	Westchester County
Population	474,893 → 492,734 (+3.8%)	968,890 → 996,888 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$82,783 → $98,290 (+18.7%)	$96,610 → $118,411 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$504,800 → $658,500 (+30.4%)	$540,600 → $638,400 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,319 → $1,689 (+28.1%)	$1,537 → $1,876 (+22.1%)

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

Westchester County

Population

968,890996,888

Median household income

$96,610$118,411

Median home value

$540,600$638,400

Median gross rent

$1,537$1,876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richmond County	Westchester County
Under 5	5.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.9%
75 and over	6.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richmond County	Westchester County
White (non-Hispanic)	56.6%	50.0%
Black or African American	9.0%	12.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	12.0%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.5%	27.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richmond County	Westchester County
No high school diploma	11.5%	10.6%
High school graduate	29.4%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	26.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richmond County	Westchester County
Drove alone	52.7%	51.6%
Carpooled	9.2%	7.2%
Public transit	24.3%	17.7%
Walked	2.7%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.5%	17.3%
Other means	1.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richmond County	Westchester County
1-unit, detached	34.5%	43.5%
1-unit, attached	25.6%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	26.3%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	9.8%
20 or more units	9.9%	24.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Richmond County	Westchester County
Poverty rate	10.9%	8.9%
Average household size	2.86	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	43	35
Median year structure built	1974	1958