Richmond West has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Richmond West report 2,466 jobs, and 16,453 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Richmond West are A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Richmond West is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Richmond West apart on work
Richmond West workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Richmond West has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Richmond West went from 1,354 in 2014 to 2,466 in 2024, +82%. The jobs ↓
Richmond West is a place people come home to
There are 2,466 jobs based in Richmond West, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Richmond West has about 22,000 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Richmond West
60% of Richmond West residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 32% of the jobs based in Richmond West pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Richmond West
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Richmond West is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #98 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Richmond West’s grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Richmond West could be anywhere from B to A.
From Richmond West, about 41 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richmond West workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15,341 commuters (the 12% 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.
The kinds of work in Richmond West
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richmond West, 2014 → 2024: 1,354 → 2,466. 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 West’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Richmond West by day
On a workday 15,849 residents head out to work, 604 work right here, and 1,862 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22,000 people are in Richmond West on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
17% of working residents work in Miami
Where Richmond West clocks in
17% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
The commute from Richmond West, by distance
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.
Driving is how Richmond West gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Richmond West is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns, #282 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.8% 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 17,441 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 84% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 16% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 72% 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). 2.7% of Richmond West households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Richmond West’s commuters take a bus or train.
Richmond West next to U.S. towns of 25,000 to 48,000: 432nd of 1,219 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Keystone FL | 25,858 | $161K | 3.9% | 3.2% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Fruit Cove FL | 35,877 | $142K | 2.7% | 2.8% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 430 | Center Township IN | 31,974 | $79K | 5.1% | 3.1% | 21% | A− |
| 431 | Shaler Township PA | 26,833 | $96K | 6.4% | 4.3% | 5% | A− |
| 432 | Richmond West FL | 35,593 | $102K | 10.5% | 2.9% | 4% | A− |
| 433 | Evans GA | 36,998 | $125K | 6.6% | 3.9% | 11% | A− |
| 434 | Gardner KS | 26,154 | $97K | 6.3% | 3.8% | 11% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,219 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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 West, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Richmond West and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Country Walk (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Richmond West workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond West | – | A− | B+ | 41 min | $101,970 |
| Country Walk | 2% | A | B | 37 min | $124,540 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Richmond West’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 West: questions
What is the median household income in Richmond West?
$101,970 (±$10,480) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richmond West?
10.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richmond West?
41 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richmond West work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (17%, 18 mi), Kendall (6%, 6 mi), Doral (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Richmond West walkable?
Richmond West is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 12.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Richmond West without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 16% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Richmond West, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richmond West
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.