Cumberland County vs Richmond County

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

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

Cumberland County has the higher population (9,745 vs 9,047 in Richmond County). Richmond County has the higher median household income ($64,184 vs $57,057 in Cumberland County). Cumberland County has the higher median home value ($220,100 vs $214,200 in Richmond County).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland County	Richmond County
Population	9,745	9,047
Median age	45.2 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,057	$64,184
Median home value	$220,100	$214,200
Median gross rent	$847	$1,011
Housing units	4,695	3,959
Homeownership rate	75.4%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland County	Richmond County
Population	9,824 → 9,745 (-0.8%)	8,884 → 9,047 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$47,469 → $57,057 (+20.2%)	$49,517 → $64,184 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$146,000 → $220,100 (+50.8%)	$180,300 → $214,200 (+18.8%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $847 (-0.9%)	$797 → $1,011 (+26.9%)

Cumberland County

Population

9,8249,745

Median household income

$47,469$57,057

Median home value

$146,000$220,100

Median gross rent

$855$847

Richmond County

Population

8,8849,047

Median household income

$49,517$64,184

Median home value

$180,300$214,200

Median gross rent

$797$1,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cumberland County	Richmond County
Under 5	4.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.7%	12.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	16.3%
55 to 64	15.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.6%	11.8%
75 and over	10.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland County	Richmond County
White (non-Hispanic)	64.0%	60.4%
Black or African American	28.8%	27.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland County	Richmond County
No high school diploma	11.4%	22.9%
High school graduate	38.0%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland County	Richmond County
Drove alone	82.5%	73.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	17.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland County	Richmond County
1-unit, detached	73.1%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland County	Richmond County
Poverty rate	7.7%	9.3%
Average household size	2.33	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	41	30
Median year structure built	1983	1975