Richmond Heights has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 8.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.0 in Miami. Richmond Heights has 454 jobs, and 4,016 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Richmond Heights is better than 60% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (A−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Richmond Heights, in brief
Richmond Heights is a place people come home to
There are 454 jobs based in Richmond Heights, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Richmond Heights has about 6,400 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Richmond Heights
55% of Richmond Heights residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 28% of the jobs based in Richmond Heights pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Richmond Heights
Job access by car holds Richmond Heights’ grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Richmond Heights could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The daily flow of workers through Richmond Heights
On a workday 3,965 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 403 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,400 people are in Richmond Heights on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
What Richmond Heights’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richmond Heights, 2014 → 2024: 352 → 454. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Richmond Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
25% of working residents work in Miami
Where Richmond Heights clocks in
25% of workers
8% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
From Richmond Heights, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richmond Heights workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,539 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Richmond Heights’ commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Richmond Heights is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,876 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 89% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 64% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 91% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.7% of Richmond Heights households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Richmond Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
Richmond Heights is 1,370th of 2,744 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 13,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 167 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 329 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,368 | Almont Township MI | 7,103 | $92K | 6.2% | 6.3% | 9% | B |
| 1,369 | Wantage Township NJ | 11,154 | $100K | 6.6% | 5.2% | 10% | B |
| 1,370 | Richmond Heights FL | 9,992 | $68K | 13.6% | 3.4% | 1% | B |
| 1,371 | Four Corners TX | 11,692 | $76K | 8.3% | 7.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,372 | West Miami FL | 7,125 | $61K | 12.9% | 2.0% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,744 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Richmond Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
10% of Richmond Heights works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Kendall (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Richmond Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Heights | – | B | A− | 31 min | $67,606 |
| Kendall | 8% | B+ | A | 30 min | $87,325 |
| Three Lakes | 2% | A− | A− | 33 min | $102,306 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Richmond Heights’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Richmond Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Richmond Heights?
$67,606 (±$5,551) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richmond Heights?
13.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richmond Heights?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richmond Heights work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (25%, 14 mi), Kendall (8%, 3 mi), Coral Gables (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Richmond Heights walkable?
Richmond Heights is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Richmond Heights without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 64% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Richmond Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richmond Heights
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.