About Richfield

Richfield is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 3,299 people and just one neighborhood, Richfield is the 415th largest community in Ohio.

Richfield is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Richfield is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Richfield who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.57%), management occupations (13.74%), and sales jobs (9.58%).

Also of interest is that Richfield has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Richfield is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Richfield is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The village's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Richfield's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Richfield is a small village, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Richfield, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.31% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Richfield is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Richfield Information and Demographics

The education level of Richfield citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 24.60% of adults in Richfield have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Richfield in 2000 was $32,888, which is wealthy relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $131,552 for a family of four. However, Richfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Richfield home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Richfield is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Richfield include German, Polish, English, Italian, Irish, Hungarian, and Slovak.

The most common language spoken in Richfield is English. Some people also speak Other Indic languages.