RichwoodTX
A town of 4,777.
Is Richwood a good place to live?
Richwood is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B− overall, 214th among Texas's 640 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is safety: crime is low: it reports less per resident than 69% of U.S. towns. It also does better than most on health: residents are healthier than 65% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $270K, 3.3 years of the Houston metro’s $82K median household income. Richwood's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 99% of U.S. towns. Richwood’s January low is 46°F, where Texas’ towns sit at 37°F and U.S. towns at 22°F. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 80% of U.S. towns.
Richwood has grown 36% since 2010
3,510 counted in 2010 and 4,781 in 2020; an estimated 4,777 in 2025.
Growth has leveled off: within 1% of 2020, after 36.2% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Richwood grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Richwood is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Richwood: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Richwood, 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 Richwood.
Richwood fares better on crime within Texas than nationally and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Richwood’s workers commute out
The average commute for its 2,240 working residents takes 20.7 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas. Jobs based here grew from 394 in 2013 to 763.
Most working residents leave Richwood for work: only 2% work in town. 3.4% of Richwood residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Richwood grew to 763 in 2023, 369 more than in 2013.
| Richwood | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $88,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Richwood’s public schools trail 51% of Texas districts
Its public schools are run by Brazosport ISD. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gladys Polk ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 396 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
High risk in Richwood, with inland flooding at the top
251 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 12 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 73% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 251 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Richwood.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Richwood earns a B+ for safety
At 11.6 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 82% of Texas’s graded towns.
Richwood’s property crime rate is 5.6 per 1,000 residents.
| Richwood | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5.6 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.4 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Mild winters and hot summers in Richwood
January nights average 45.5°, milder than in 97% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.4°. The Freeport 2 Nw weather station, 6 miles away, records that about 82 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 90% of Texas places with climate records.
Richwood has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Richwood is 91°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Richwood earns a B for health
19% of adults binge drink in Richwood. Richwood beats the Texas average on 9 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 42% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Richwood.
| Richwood | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 39% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 74% | 79% |
| What stands out | Richwood | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.5% | 3.2% |
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 10.1% | 12.7% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 71.1% | 74.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Richwood earns a C+ for cost of living
The typical Richwood home is worth about $270,000, about the same as a year ago, 9% below the Texas typical home.
| Richwood | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 54% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,250 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
An age mix much like Texas’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Texas average. 28% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Texas.
| Richwood | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 11% | 14% | 18% |
| Median age | 35.6 years | 35.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 28% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.7 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Richwood | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15.1% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.3% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.2% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.3% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.3% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.8% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.3% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.5% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 17.5% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20.7% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 26% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.3% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.4% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,800, single groups can be off by several points
Everything we know about Richwood
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Richwood
About 2 of every 100 Richwood residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
98% of working residents leave Richwood for work
Where Richwood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Richwood
City in Texas, United States
Richwood is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States. Its population was 4,781 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 3.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 16 ft
Richwood’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Richwood.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richwood | #214 | B− | C+ | B+ | B− | B |
| Clute | #499 | D | C− | C | B− | C |
| Lake Jackson | #443 | C− | C | C | B− | B− |
Questions about Richwood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Richwood, TX a good place to live?
Richwood grades B− overall, better than 45% of U.S. towns and #214 of 640 in Texas. It grades B for health, B+ for safety and B− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Richwood, TX expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.