Messer-Mayer Mill · Photo: Shawn Conrad · CC BY-SA 3.0Richfield has higher household incomes than 94% of U.S. towns
24% of workers have no commute at all, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%. 4.8% of residents live below the poverty line, where Wisconsin as a whole has 10.6%. For jobs and income Richfield is better than 98% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Richfield stands out on work
A lot of Richfield works from home
24% of Richfield workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Time on the road ↓
Richfield workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Richfield empties out on a workday
About 8,300 people are in Richfield on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than the 12,000 who live here: 5,600 head out to work and 2,000 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
What’s behind Richfield’s Jobs & income grade
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Richfield’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Richfield could be anywhere from A to A+.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Richfield
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richfield workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,854 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
Richfield on a workday afternoon
On a workday 5,556 residents head out to work, 339 work right here, and 2,040 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,300 people are in Richfield on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.40 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.
16% of working residents work in Milwaukee
Where Richfield clocks in
16% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
In Richfield, 32% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
2,379 jobs are based in Richfield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richfield, 2013 → 2023: 2,354 → 2,379. 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.
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.
Most trips from Richfield start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,423 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). 0.4% of Richfield households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Richfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Richfield is 96th of 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Waukesha WI | 8,507 | $131K | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Greenville WI | 13,388 | $118K | 1.7% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Cottage Grove WI | 8,930 | $139K | 3.7% | 0.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Upper Makefield Township PA | 8,848 | $213K | 2.1% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| 95 | Montgomery OH | 10,922 | $151K | 3.3% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| 96 | Richfield WI | 11,785 | $144K | 4.8% | 1.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 97 | Bloom Township OH | 11,490 | $114K | 2.7% | 1.6% | 4% | A+ |
| 98 | Fairmount CO | 9,902 | $164K | 2.9% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Wisconsin.
Around Richfield: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Germantown (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Richfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richfield | – | A+ | C | 28 min | $143,963 |
| Polk | under 3% | A | C− | 31 min | $98,676 |
| Erin | under 3% | A | C− | 32 min | $111,375 |
| Lisbon | under 3% | A+ | D | 22 min | $123,720 |
| Germantown | 7% | A | C+ | 23 min | $100,231 |
| Germantown | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Germantown: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Richfield’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 Richfield: questions
What is the median household income in Richfield?
$143,963 (±$19,302) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richfield?
4.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richfield?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richfield work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milwaukee (16%, 18 mi), Menomonee Falls (8%, 8 mi), Germantown (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Richfield walkable?
Richfield is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 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 <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.