Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Richmond grades C− overall, 417th of 640 graded towns in Texas, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its schools rank ahead of 77% of Texas towns and 8% of its land is conserved. On the other side, it reports more crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, including 43 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. 15% of residents are under 18 in Richmond, below both the Texas town median (26%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). Richmond has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Fort Bend County Courthouse and Lamar-Calder House. Richmond's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 86% of U.S. towns.
Where Richmond beats most towns.
Where Richmond’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Richmond is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 816 in 1870, 11,627 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1972 and 3 maps from 1955 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Richmond takes its name from Richmond in North Yorkshire, England, 4,740 miles across the Atlantic.
UKUK editionRichmond, settled in 1837, takes its name from Richmond, a town in North Yorkshire, England.
Named after: each U.S. town’s Wikipedia article. Grades compare each town with towns in its own country, so they aren’t a head-to-head.
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.
Richmond is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
3.6 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Richmond’s trail density is 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Richmond | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.2% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wessendorff Park | 0.2 mi | 11 |
| 2. Keith A Crawford Memorial Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by Lamar CISD. Two of its 12 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iltexas Richmond ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 704 | – |
| Juvenile Detent CTRLargest public high schoolGrades 5–12 | Grades 5–12 | 49 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Reported crimes fell from 328 to 190 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The violent crime rate in Richmond is 3.1 per 1,000 residents. Richmond reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 75% report less.
| Richmond | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.1 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 10.7 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most working residents leave Richmond for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in Richmond grew to 3,380 in 2023, 626 more than in 2013. 16% of Richmond residents live below the poverty line.
| Richmond | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $50,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
73.5% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 51.7% across Texas.
The typical Richmond home is worth about $374,000, down 2.8% in a year, 26% above the Texas typical home. 54% of households own their home in Richmond.
| Richmond | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 54% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,319 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
January nights average 43.8°, milder than in 96% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 93.8°.
Richmond has warm winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Richmond | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 44°F | 37°F | 22°F |
| July high | 94°F | 95°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 5,916 U.S. towns with household incomes like Richmond’s, it is healthier than 74%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Richmond beats the Texas average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 10.
| Richmond | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 30% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 74% | 79% |
| What stands out | Richmond | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing food insecurity | 26.4% | 19.3% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 13.6% | 10.5% |
| More uninsured adults | 24.7% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
148 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 27 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 57% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 148 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Richmond.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Richmond. Close and well known come first.
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaReliant Stadium
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaDaikin Park
24 mi MuseumRothko Chapel
27 mi Stadium & arenaToyota Center
27 mi Stadium & arenaShell Energy Stadium
27 mi Stadium & arenaTDECU StadiumReliant Stadium: User eschipul on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Daikin Park: Delaywaves, CC BY 3.0 · Rothko Chapel: Unknown, Public domain · Toyota Center: Ed Uthman from Houston, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Shell Energy Stadium: HDFC PR, CC BY-SA 4.0 · TDECU Stadium: Brian Reading, CC BY-SA 4.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Richmond
About 6 of every 100 Richmond residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
4 places in Richmond on the National Register of Historic Places.
9 notable people were born in Richmond.
City in Texas, United States
Richmond is a suburb of Houston and the county seat of Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The city is located within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, Richmond had a population of 11,627.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
4 towns share a border with Richmond.
All 4 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C−; Rosenberg (C) is closest.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | #417 | C− | C | C | A− | C+ |
| Pecan Grove | #129 | B | D | — | B+ | A |
| Rosenberg | #328 | C | C | C+ | A− | C |
| Sugar Land | #102 | B | D | B | B+ | A |
| Cumings | #49 | A− | C+ | — | A− | A |
Pecan Grove and Cumings report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Richmond with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Richmond grades C− overall, better than 17% of U.S. towns and #417 of 640 in Texas. It grades C+ for health, C for safety and A− for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a C.
That is 4.5 years of the area's median household income ($82,168 across the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX 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 C.
9 notable people were born here, including John Matthew Moore and Pat Zachry.
