RichlandMS
A town of 7,630, settled in 1974.
Is Richland a good place to live?
Richland gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $223K for a typical one, or 3.6 years of the Jackson metro’s $62K median household income. It grades B+ overall, 11th of 99 graded towns in Mississippi. On the plus side, its schools rank ahead of 92% of Mississippi towns. Richland's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 94% of U.S. towns. Misterfeldt Home Place is on the National Register of Historic Places. Among 101 Mississippi towns, just 7 have a higher July high than Richland.
What makes Richland stand out
Where Richland beats most towns.
Jobs vs. working residents
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Richland Upper Elementary | 3–6 | 480 |
| Richland Elementary | PK–2 | 369 |
| Richland High School | 7–12 | 731 |
Every workday, about 9,573 people come to Richland for work
Where Richland’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Richland grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Mississippi), ordered by how far Richland is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Richland: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Richland, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Richland.
Richland pairs an A for schools with modest home prices, fares better on crime within Mississippi than nationally and draws workers from Jackson and beyond.
About one in ten working residents works right in Richland
9,871 jobs are based in Richland, 3.5 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Richland for work: only 10% work in town. Richland’s average trip to work is 20 minutes, against 23 minutes in Mississippi’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Richland grew to 9,871 in 2023, 2,135 more than in 2013.
| Richland | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 21% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 10% | 20% | 8% |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $50,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Richland earns an A for schools
Its A for schools comes with a B for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $223K.
Its public schools are run by the Rankin County School District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Richland High School, with 731 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richland Upper ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–6 | Grades 3–6 | 480 | B |
| Richland High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 731 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MS on state tests and graduation
Mild winters and hot summers in Richland
Richland has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. Richland’s January low is 36°F, close to Mississippi’s towns (36°F) and above U.S. towns (22°F).
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Richland | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 2.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Richland Eastside Park | 0.9 mi | 9 |
| 2. Westside Park | — | 17 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Richland earns a B for cost of living
Home values rose 30% in five years, to about $223K, against 11% across Mississippi.
Typical home values rose 4.7% in the year to September 2026.
| Richland | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 73% | 62% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,185 a month | $900 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Less crime per resident in Richland than in 59% of U.S. towns
At 15 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 82% of Mississippi’s graded towns.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
On CDC estimates, Richland is less healthy than 57% of U.S. towns
Within Mississippi it is healthier than 71% of the 101 graded towns: much of Mississippi scores lower on these measures.
Richland beats the Mississippi average on 11 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 30% of Richland adults get no exercise outside work.
| Richland | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 36% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 45% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 12% |
| What stands out | Richland | MS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 17.2% | 22.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 8.6% | 11.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
An age mix much like Mississippi’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Mississippi average. Richland has grown 6.9% since 2020, to 7,630 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 21% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Richland.
| Richland | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 21% | 25% | 29% |
| Median age | 36.3 years | 37 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 24% | 24% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.2 points. Across Mississippi, 51.5% of residents are women.
| Richland | MS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.9% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.6% | 11.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.3% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.9% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 7.9% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.9% | 10.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.6% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 13% | 12.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.7% | 29.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 29.3% | 21.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.5% | 10.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 13.3% | 15.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.2% | 9.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Richland faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 52% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 65 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Richland.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Natchez Trace Parkway and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Richland. Close and well known come first.
12 mi ParkwayNatchez Trace Parkway8.0M visitors a year
7 mi Stadium & arenaMississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
8 mi National MonumentMedgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument61K visitors a year
22 mi National Military ParkVicksburg National Military Park410K visitors a year
5 mi MuseumMississippi Civil Rights Museum7 mi Zoo & aquariumJackson ZooPhoto credits
Natchez Trace Parkway: Carol M. Highsmith (1946–), Public domain · Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium: Jfurr1981 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument: Jud McCranie, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Vicksburg National Military Park: Eoghanacht at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Mississippi Civil Rights Museum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Richland
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Richland
About 5 of every 100 Richland residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Mississippi.
About Richland
City in Mississippi, United States
Richland is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 7,137 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Jackson, Richland is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is located southeast of the state capital.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1974
- Area
- 13 sq mi
- Elevation
- 266 ft
- ZIP code
- 39218
- Area code
- 601
Richland’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Richland.
| Town | MS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richland | #11 | B+ | B | B | A | C+ |
| Pearl | #21 | B− | C+ | — | A | C+ |
| Jackson | #82 | D | B− | — | C− | D |
| Florence | #7 | B+ | B− | — | A | C+ |
Pearl, Jackson and Florence report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Richland with a neighbor →
Questions about Richland
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Richland, MS a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Richland grades B+ overall, better than 69% of U.S. towns and #11 of 99 in Mississippi. It grades C+ for health, B for safety and A for schools.