Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Richmond’s best subject grades are an A+ for civic life and an A for history and the outdoors; its weakest is a D for cost of living. 38% of residents are 65 or older in Richmond, above both the Massachusetts town median (19%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). Of the 284 Massachusetts towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Richmond. Richmond’s trail density is 0.7 miles per square mile, below Massachusetts’ towns (1.8) but above U.S. towns (0.4). On civic life, just 20 of Massachusetts’ 325 towns do better. Richmond has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Goodwood and Shaker Farm. Richmond has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Richmond beats most towns.
Goodwood
Census counts: 1,255 in 1790, a low of 561 in 1920, 1,407 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1907 and 5 maps from 1888 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Massachusetts), ordered by how far Richmond is from typical.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Richmond. Close and well known come first.
4 mi TheatreTanglewood
7 mi MuseumNorman Rockwell Museum
20 mi MountainMount Greylock
27 mi MuseumOlana State Historic Site
24 mi MuseumClark Art Institute
3 mi MuseumHancock Shaker VillageTanglewood: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Norman Rockwell Museum: User:Rmrfstar, CC BY 2.5 · Mount Greylock: Jstergis, CC BY 3.0 · Olana State Historic Site: Netniks, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Clark Art Institute: Daderot, Public domain · Hancock Shaker Village: Bestbudbrian, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Richmond, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Richmond.
Its public schools are run by the Richmond school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond ConsolidatedLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 157 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MA on state tests
Most working residents leave Richmond for work: only 3% work in town. The average trip to work in Richmond is 22 minutes. Jobs based in Richmond grew to 162 in 2023, 76 more than in 2013.
| Richmond | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $106,000 | $120,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 17% | 18% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.3% | 6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Richmond beats the Massachusetts average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 14% of adults binge drink in Richmond.
| Richmond | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 82% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 32% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 33% |
| What stands out | Richmond | MA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.5% | 11.1% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.4% | 11.9% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.5% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
12 miles of trail in 11 parks and preserves. Hollow Fields Reserve, at 624 acres with 4.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hollow Fields Reserve | 4.3 mi | 624 |
| 2. Yokun South Ridge Reserve | 0.7 mi | 98 |
| 3. Stevens Glen BNRC | 0.5 mi | 71 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Richmond has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Richmond’s July high is 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 65% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Richmond since 2021.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical Richmond home is worth about $617,000, up 1.9% in a year, 6% below the Massachusetts typical home. 90% of Richmond households own their home.
| Richmond | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 79% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,593 a month | $1,683 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
2 within 15 miles of the center of Richmond
About 3 of every 100 Richmond residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Massachusetts.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
6 places in Richmond on the National Register of Historic Places.
5 notable people were born in Richmond.
Town in Massachusetts, United States
Richmond is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,407 at the 2020 census.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
2.3 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Massachusetts town.
Yes. That is 8.1 years of the area's median household income ($76,013 across the Pittsfield, MA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
5 notable people were born here, including Edward A. Perry and Samuel Rossiter Betts.
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