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3,109 residents make their home in this town in California.
Good on most counts; one lags. It does especially well on health: residents are healthier than 92% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Walkability is a strength too: it is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns. What counts against it is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $915K, 6.7 years of the San Francisco metro’s $136K median household income. Hazard risk is weaker too (D): FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 88% of U.S. communities, with earthquakes at the top. The overall grade comes out at B, better than nearly three fifths of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 143rd of 841 in California. The biggest park or preserve is Wildcat Canyon Regional Park, at 30 acres.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenStreetMap.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far East Richmond Heights is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 98% of comparable towns) to D for hazard risk (better than 8%), so the B overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Where East Richmond Heights beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Census counts: 3,266 in 1990, 3,460 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 1912 and 8 maps from 1895 on.
Explore the history →Where East Richmond Heights’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2024
Ordered by what stands out in East Richmond Heights.
East Richmond Heights has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, has less no health insurance than most of California and sends most of its workers to San Francisco and beyond.
There are 1.9 miles of trail across 2 parks and preserves. In East Richmond Heights, the trail network density is 3.2 miles per square mile, above both California’s towns (1.0) and U.S. towns (0.4). 37 acres of East Richmond Heights lie in its parks and preserves.
| East Richmond Heights | Typical California town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 3.2 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 8.6% | 4.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mira Vista School Park | 0.8 mi | 7 |
| 2. Wildcat Canyon Regional Park | 0.6 mi | 30 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The public schools here belong to the West Contra Costa Unified school district. Two of its 3 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. Enrollment at East Richmond Heights’s public school: 510 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mira Vista ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 510 | – |
| Arlington Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 35 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with California is no health insurance: 4.7% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 10.6% statewide. Against the 4,081 U.S. towns with household incomes like East Richmond Heights’s, it is healthier than 76%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Among adults in East Richmond Heights, 15% binge drink. 7.5% of East Richmond Heights adults smoke cigarettes, below both the California town median (11%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). The town does better than the California average on 18 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 2.
| East Richmond Heights | Typical California town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.5% | 11% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 22% | 19% |
| What stands out | East Richmond Heights | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.7% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.2% | 17.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
All told, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid in East Richmond Heights since 2024. Expected losses in East Richmond Heights break down as 68% from earthquakes and 30% from inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
East Richmond Heights has 157 jobs for its 1,615 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 37.1 minutes, against 28.7 across California.
The top destinations are San Francisco (18%), Oakland (12%) and Berkeley (11%). Most working residents leave East Richmond Heights for work: only 2% work in town. The town had 157 jobs in 2024, down 79 from 2014. The median household income here in the town is $135,000.
| East Richmond Heights | Typical California town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 37 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $135,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 6.6% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
January nights average 42°, milder than in 95% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 76°.
Snowfall is close to zero. Precipitation in East Richmond Heights totals about 25 inches in a normal year.
| East Richmond Heights | Typical California town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 76°F | 89°F | 85°F |
| January low | 42°F | 40°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The rent at the middle of the market in East Richmond Heights is $2,071 a month. For households in the town, the share who live in a home they own is 85%.
| East Richmond Heights | Typical California town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 85% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $2,071 a month | $1,895 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Richmond Heights. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi MuseumAlcatraz Federal Penitentiary
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaChase Center
Big draw12 mi MuseumUSS Hornet
Big draw11 mi LandmarkLombard Street
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaOracle Park
Big draw13 mi GardenPresidio of San FranciscoAlcatraz Federal Penitentiary: druchoy, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Chase Center: Gregory Varnum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS Hornet: kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0 · Lombard Street: The original uploader was Y6y6y6 at English Wikipedia., Public domain · Oracle Park: User Coasttocoast on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Presidio of San Francisco: Robert Campbell, CC BY-SA 3.0
East Richmond Heights is unincorporated, so Contra Costa County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
36 within 15 miles of the center of East Richmond Heights
About 3 of every 100 East Richmond Heights residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
Unincorporated community in California, United States
East Richmond Heights is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. Its population was 3,460 at the 2020 census.
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One town shares a border with East Richmond Heights.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Richmond Heights | #143 | B | C− | — | C+ | A |
| Richmond | #605 | D | C− | D | C+ | C+ |
East Richmond Heights reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare East Richmond Heights with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. East Richmond Heights grades B overall, better than 59% of U.S. towns and #143 of 841 in California. It grades A for health and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $915,000, 20% above the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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