Photo: Bryce D. Holt · CC BY-SA 4.0At 0.8%, unemployment in Richmond is lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Richmond are A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers; Utah has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Richmond: the figures worth knowing
Richmond and Logan trade workers both ways
Logan is the top workplace for Richmond residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Richmond come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Many jobs in Richmond pay little
29% of the jobs based in Richmond pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 33% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Richmond
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Richmond is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #36 of 119 in Utah. The poverty rate holds Richmond’s grade up (1.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Richmond could be anywhere from A− to A.
22% of working residents work in Logan
Where Richmond clocks in
22% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
Making and building: 34% of jobs based in Richmond
858 jobs are based in Richmond.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richmond, 2013 → 2023: 927 → 858. 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 Richmond’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Richmond commutes less than 13 miles
About 30% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Richmond on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,333 residents head out to work, 97 work right here, and 761 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Richmond on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How long Richmond spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richmond workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,312 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In Richmond, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Richmond is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #102 of 119 in Utah. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Utah, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,409 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Richmond households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Richmond’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Richmond is 431st among 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Lake Point UT | 2,947 | $137K | 2.0% | 1.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 273 | Mountain Green UT | 3,976 | $150K | 0.9% | 1.7% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 415 | East Basin UT | 4,002 | $146K | 7.5% | 0.6% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 429 | Lancaster Township PA | 3,734 | $99K | 4.1% | 1.9% | 2% | A |
| 430 | Coal Valley IL | 3,859 | $107K | 3.9% | 3.0% | 3% | A |
| 431 | Richmond UT | 3,130 | $110K | 1.0% | 0.8% | 7% | A |
| 432 | Deerfield NY | 3,889 | $101K | 6.4% | 0.5% | 4% | A |
| 433 | Washington Township OH | 3,163 | $105K | 4.1% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | 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 Richmond, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
How Richmond compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Richmond workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | – | A | C+ | 22 min | $110,428 |
| Cove | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cove: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Richmond’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Richmond: questions
What is the median household income in Richmond?
$110,428 (±$21,499) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richmond?
1.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richmond?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richmond work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (22%, 13 mi), North Logan (7%, 10 mi), Salt Lake City (5%, 80 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Richmond walkable?
Richmond is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Richmond without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Richmond, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richmond
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.