Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Richmond have lower incomes than those in 75% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 16.3%, next to 12.6% for Missouri as a whole. For jobs and income Richmond is better than 27% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (A−). Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers; Missouri has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Richmond: the figures worth knowing
Richmond workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Richmond trades workers with the towns around it
Richmond has about as many jobs (2,517) as working residents (2,661), but they are mostly different people: 2,056 residents leave for work each day while 1,912 people come in. Only 24% of the jobs in Richmond are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Richmond’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Richmond is Kansas City, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (474) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Richmond workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The figures behind Richmond’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Richmond’s grade up (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Richmond could be anywhere from D to B−.
Commuting from Richmond: about 35 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richmond workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,411 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% 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.
Who leaves Richmond for work, and who comes in
On a workday 2,056 residents head out to work, 605 work right here, and 1,912 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Richmond’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
18% of working residents work in Kansas City
Where Richmond clocks in
18% 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.
Inside Richmond’s 2,517 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richmond, 2013 → 2023: 2,125 → 2,517. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Richmond’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Richmond is easy on foot, hard by bus
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.2% across Missouri, on an EPA index of 7.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,456 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.5% of Richmond households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Richmond’s commuters take a bus or train.
Richmond is 2,612th of 3,394 U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,100 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Cottleville MO | 6,717 | $131K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Greenwood MO | 6,315 | $107K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,610 | West Samoset FL | 7,429 | $54K | 16.4% | 6.6% | 2% | C |
| 2,611 | Tallassee AL | 4,738 | $67K | 11.0% | 8.1% | 23% | C |
| 2,612 | Richmond MO | 5,968 | $60K | 16.3% | 3.6% | 23% | C |
| 2,613 | Denver City TX | 4,311 | $85K | 13.4% | 6.5% | 32% | C |
| 2,614 | Windsor NY | 5,648 | $73K | 11.1% | 8.9% | 10% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,394 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
The towns around Richmond
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Richmond workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | – | C | A− | 35 min | $59,556 |
| Henrietta | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Henrietta: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Richmond’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 2023, 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: questions
What is the median household income in Richmond?
$59,556 (±$11,938) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richmond?
16.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richmond?
35 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richmond work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kansas City (18%, 33 mi), Excelsior Springs (6%, 15 mi), Liberty (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Richmond walkable?
Richmond is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Richmond without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Richmond, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richmond
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.