About Richmond

Richmond is a very small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 4,090 people and just one neighborhood, Richmond is the 53rd largest community in Vermont.

Unlike some towns , Richmond isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Richmond are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Richmond is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Richmond who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.70%), management occupations (10.94%), and healthcare (8.51%).

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

Of important note, Richmond is also a town of artists. Richmond has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Richmond's character.

Richmond is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Richmond isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 99.56% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

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

Richmond Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Richmond. 46.80% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Richmond in 2000 was $25,692, which is wealthy relative to Vermont and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $102,768 for a family of four. However, Richmond contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Richmond is English.