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Place dossier plate
SheetGA-RICHMOND-HILL-GA · Richmond Hill, GA 17,408 pop · income 71st pct · 18 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Richmond Hill
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Richmond Hill on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Tifton · lowest
44,324
Tifton · lowest
44,324 median HH income
35.3% of the leader · rank #1
Chesilhurst · near
89,904
Chesilhurst · near
89,904 median HH income
71.6% of the leader · rank #2
Baltic · near
89,907
Baltic · near
89,907 median HH income
71.6% of the leader · rank #3
Richmond Hill · this city
89,910
Richmond Hill · this city
89,910 median HH income
71.6% of the leader · rank #4
Winfield · near
89,917
Winfield · near
89,917 median HH income
71.6% of the leader · rank #5
Palestine · near
89,924
Palestine · near
89,924 median HH income
71.6% of the leader · rank #6
Aurora · highest
125,567
Aurora · highest
125,567 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Richmond Hill on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 17,408.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Richmond Hill - the verdict
Richmond Hill ranks in the 71st percentile for household income and the 55th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
71st
percentile, household income
60th
percentile, home value
51st
percentile, median rent
55th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Richmond Hill, GA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 17,408 residents in Richmond Hill, a small town within Georgia. Median household income here is $89,910 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 10.0%. Richmond Hill's housing stock carries a median value of $272,100, and the median resident age is 30.8 years. 35.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 61.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 201 residential building permits were authorized in Richmond Hill (Slowing), down 25% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Richmond Hill reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 1233.5 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Georgia run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Georgia scores 96.3 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,203 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $225 across Georgia, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Commute times here average 28.9 minutes, with 86.6% driving alone and 6.2% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 39.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Richmond Hill's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to housing and income to within-city variation to work and mobility to reported crime to population change to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Richmond Hill, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history, matched public-school count, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Richmond Hill?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Georgia, the closest population matches are Powder Springs (17,414 residents, $96,961 income); Buford (17,611 residents, $71,598 income); Calhoun (17,611 residents, $51,439 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Oak Grove, OR (17,408 residents); Wayne, MI (17,413 residents); South Venice, FL (17,399 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
How far does income reach against housing in Richmond Hill?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 10.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What can 18 Census tracts reveal inside Richmond Hill?
PlainCities matches 18 Census tracts to this city.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
What does the journey to work look like in Richmond Hill?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 86.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 28.9 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Richmond Hill?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1233.5 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 46% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
1233.5
Violent rate
115.5
Property rate
1118.1
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Is Richmond Hill growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +3,391 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +20.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 201 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
2020 estimate
16,631
2025 estimate
20,022
Period change
+20.4%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
What does the education layer cover for Richmond Hill?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 7 public schools within the city match. 35.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
10.0%
Bachelor's degree+
35.9%
Matched public schools
7
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Above median income · poverty 10.0% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
96.3 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Georgia average
C+
City profile score · Richmond Hill, GA
60/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income B-
$89,910
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B-
35.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime B-
116 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living C
96.3 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate D
10.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Richmond Hill profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 69/100 (B-) · $89,910
Bachelor's+ share: 68/100 (B-) · 35.9%
Violent crime: 67/100 (B-) · 116 /100k
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.3 index
Poverty rate: 40/100 (D) · 10.0%
Where Richmond Hill sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Richmond Hill's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Richmond Hill highlighted among 26 peers.Read the chart values
Richmond Hill, GA (this city): home $272,100, crime 1,234/100k
Wayne, MI : home $142,200, crime 1,995/100k
Aurora, OH : home $371,400, crime 397/100k
El Dorado, AR : home $113,100, crime 4,806/100k
Norcross, GA : home $375,900, crime 2,778/100k
Holly Springs, GA : home $414,700, crime 490/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does Richmond Hill compare to other US cities?
Richmond Hill measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income71% higher than other cities
Home value60% pricier than other cities
Median rent51% pricier than other cities
Safety55% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Georgia and the picture shifts: Richmond Hill ranks #57 of 166 Georgia cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Richmond Hill against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Georgia only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Georgia-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Richmond Hill near the bottom of Georgia's cities
Among the 638 Georgia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Richmond Hill ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Richmond Hill only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#76 of 610
88th percentile in Georgia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 638
0th percentile in Georgia
Median Home Value
#117 of 577
80th percentile in Georgia
Poverty Rate
#359 of 637
43rd percentile in Georgia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#105 of 638
84th percentile in Georgia
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Georgia only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
71st percentile nationally for median household income · 55th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Richmond Hill's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Richmond Hill's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Richmond Hill's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$272,10040th percentilemore affordable than 40% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Richmond Hill's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#6,838 of 15,516
More affordable than 56% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#944 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.0×, Richmond Hill sits in the moderate band:
national rank #6,838 of 15,516 and #944 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$89,910Richmond Hill, GA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Richmond Hill, GA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Richmond Hill, GA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)35.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)10.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)61.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
17,408
Median Income
$89,910
Median Home Value
$272,100
Median Age
30.8
Poverty Rate
10.0%
Labor force participation
61.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
35.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1233.5
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
115.5
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1118.1
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
7
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Richmond Hill's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
16,631 residents
2021
17,460 residents
2022
17,974 residents
2023
18,329 residents
2024
19,667 residents
2025
20,022 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Slowing
Total Permits (2024)
201
housing units authorized
Single-Family
133
detached homes
Multifamily
68
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
11.5
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
269
269
0
$63.8M
2020
243
228
15
$55.1M
2021
236
231
5
$55.5M
2022
112
112
0
$27.9M
2023
709
105
604
$113.2M
2024
201
133
68
$65.2M
Permit volume decreased 25% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
28.9 minutes
Drive Alone
86.6%
Carpool
4.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
6.2%
Other
2.7%
Based on 8,537 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Georgia statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Georgia at $225 (electricity about $125 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Georgia statewide averages, not a meter reading for Richmond Hill. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Georgia's BEA cost-of-living index is 96.3 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Richmond Hill is $1,203/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Georgia statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 39.5 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Georgia statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Richmond Hill sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Richmond Hill compares to similar-size Georgia cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.