RichvilleOH
A town of 3,145, laid out in 1836.
Is Richville a good place to live?
Richville gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $172K, 2.5 years of the Canton metro’s $68K median household income. It grades A− overall, 253rd of 987 graded towns in Ohio. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 79% of the country. On the plus side, the median household earns $74K. On hazard risk, just 85 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do better. Richville’s trail density is 0.9 miles per square mile, against 0.2 in Ohio’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Richville's public schools beat 78% of Ohio towns on state tests and graduation.
What makes Richville stand out
Where Richville beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Richville for work
Where Richville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Richville grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Richville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Richville: who provides what
Richville is unincorporated, so Stark County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Richville.
Richville has homes that are cheap against local pay and sends most of its workers to Canton and beyond.
Conserved land covers 4.5% of Richville
2.9 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Petros Lake Park, 124 acres with 2.8 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Petros Lake Park | 2.8 mi | 124 |
| 2. Richville Community Park | — | 21 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Very low risk in Richville, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 83% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Richville earns a C− for health
18% of adults smoke cigarettes in Richville, above both the Ohio town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). 41% of adults have obesity in Richville. Richville beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6.
| Richville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Richville | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.7% | 15.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.6% | 8% |
| More smokers | 18.3% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A smaller share of residents in Richville live below the poverty line than in the typical Ohio or U.S. town
Richville has 388 jobs for its 1,510 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
1.9% of Richville residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Richville has added 92 jobs, to 388 in 2023. The average trip to work in Richville is 21 minutes.
| Richville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.9% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Work from home | 14% | 9.7% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Richville
Richville has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 20° and about 47 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Richville sells for about $224K at the median
At 2.5 years of the Canton metro’s $68K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 78% of Ohio towns; that ratio is one input to its B+ for cost of living.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Pro Football Hall of Fame and 19 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Richville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw6 mi MuseumPro Football Hall of Fame192K visitors a year
24 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
6 mi Stadium & arenaTom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium
6 mi LandmarkMcKinley National Memorial
22 mi MuseumAge of Steam Roundhouse
5 mi MuseumWilliam McKinley Presidential Library and MuseumPhoto credits
Pro Football Hall of Fame: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Unknown, Public domain · Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium: Harrier233 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · McKinley National Memorial: CoolRockC, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Age of Steam Roundhouse: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 4.0 · William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum: Tim Evanson from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Everything we know about Richville
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Richville
About 3 of every 100 Richville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Richville
CDP in Ohio, United States
Richville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southern Perry Township, Stark County, Ohio, United States. State Route 627 passes through the community. The community is part of the Canton–Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,209 at the 2020 census.
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Questions about Richville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Richville, OH a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Richville grades A− overall, better than 77% of U.S. towns and #253 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C− for health and A− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Richville, OH expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $173,000, 30% below the Ohio typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.