Photo: SilentMatt Psychedelic · CC BY-SA 4.0Richfield draws 7,018 commuters a day, with 4.0 jobs for every working resident
7,140 jobs are based in Richfield for 1,796 working residents. For jobs and income Richfield is better than 83% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (C+). Only 7% stay in Richfield for work; outside it, Cleveland is the main destination (17%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Richfield apart on work
Richfield fills up on a workday
Richfield has 7,140 jobs, 4.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 9,100 people are in town, more than double the 3,700 who live here. Day and night ↓
Richfield draws workers from far and wide
The 7,140 jobs in Richfield are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 28%; the other 70% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Richfield pay over $40,000 a year
75% of the jobs based in Richfield pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
41% of the jobs in Richfield are in trade, transport and utilities, against 19% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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 Richfield’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Richfield could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Richfield by day and by night
On a workday 1,674 residents head out to work and 122 work right here.
About 9,100 people are in Richfield on a workday afternoon, 144% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Richfield live
Where Richfield clocks in
17% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
75% of the jobs in Richfield pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richfield, 2013 → 2023: 6,243 → 7,140. 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 Richfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Richfield: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richfield workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,590 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Richfield
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.
In Richfield, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,963 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.9% of Richfield households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Richfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Richfield is 698th of 4,318 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 696 | Four Bridges OH | 3,417 | $122K | 7.1% | 4.2% | 1% | A− |
| 697 | Clearwater KS | 2,792 | $84K | 5.5% | 1.8% | 10% | A− |
| 698 | Richfield OH | 3,720 | $83K | 4.4% | 3.8% | 7% | A− |
| 699 | Lodi WI | 3,190 | $118K | 5.1% | 3.9% | 10% | A− |
| 700 | Marion Township IL | 3,866 | $105K | 5.2% | 2.5% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Richfield, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
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 Richfield: questions
What is the median household income in Richfield?
$82,560 (±$28,769) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richfield?
4.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richfield?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richfield work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (17%, 17 mi), Akron (6%, 12 mi), Brecksville (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Richfield walkable?
Richfield is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Richfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Richfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richfield
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.