About Richfield

Richfield is a very small town located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 3,010 people and just one neighborhood, Richfield is the 215th largest community in Wisconsin.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Richfield is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.7% of the Richfield workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Richfield is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Richfield who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.13%), sales jobs (8.89%), and management occupations (8.37%).

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.

Because of many things, Richfield is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Richfield really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Richfield perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Richfield is a small town, 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: 97.93% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small town, Richfield does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Richfield Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Richfield who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 20.61% of adults in Richfield have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Richfield in 2000 was $26,600, which is wealthy relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,400 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 African-American. Important ancestries of people in Richfield include German, Polish, Irish, Italian, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Richfield is English. Some people also speak German.