Richmond County, Georgia

Richmond County has a population of 206,069 and has grown 0.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $178,500, about 3.2 times the county's median household income of $55,637.

Home price
$178,500
Income
$55,637
Population
206,069
Unemployment
8.5%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$178,500county
Median gross rent$1,141county
Median year homes here were built1980county
Share of homes built before 198049.3%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile6.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant17.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented48.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.6%county
Typical monthly rent$1,396county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,261county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,114county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,627county
Home insurance / yr$2,323(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living92.5(statewide)
Median household income$55,637county
Family health premium / yr$23,363(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$11,863(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.768(statewide)
Poverty rate20.0%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home9.1%county
Unemployment rate8.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force62.4%county
Share of workers who are self-employed3.9%county
Share of workers employed by government19.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.8%county
Economic output per resident$81,606county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.84%county
Top state income tax4.99%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.99%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.56%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time21.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service6.4 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport299141county
Miles to nearest general aviation field2.8 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station53 micounty
Households without a vehicle9.9%county
Traffic deaths50.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-4.9(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher24.5%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher87.8%county
Public schools in the county53county
Public school enrollment30024county
Students per full-time teacher15.0county
Free lunch eligible92.9%county
Elementary schools30county
Middle schools8county
High schools8county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above2county
Share of local colleges that are public40.0%county
Two-year institutions3county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution4.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians89county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county6county
Hospitals here with an emergency department5county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter10.7 µgcounty
Without health insurance11.8%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year25.7%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year22.5%county
Frequent mental distress19.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity30.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes15.2%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population206,069county
Land area in square miles324county
People per square mile of land635.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores24county
Convenience stores34county
Share living far from a food store23.9%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract22.2%county
Population change since 20200.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age35.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over15.3%county
Share of households that are one person35.3%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.8%county
Second languages6.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls52.8%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents120county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-3county
Households that moved in7,341county
Households that moved away7,445county
Average income of arriving households$45,445county
Average income of departing households$53,308county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes6county
Housing units authorised in the latest year534county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate326(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature65°Fcounty
Annual precipitation39.9 incounty
Annual snowfall2.7 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.61 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F63 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing42 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 8bcounty
Frost-free days248 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 14county
Average first fall frostNov 18county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$150county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh13.9¢county
Household electricity use1,045 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$26.20(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity57.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas39.7%county
Homes heated by propane1.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.1%county
Households with broadband87.6%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk86.5county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk32.1county
Landslide risk60.7county
Hail risk81.1county
Earthquake risk90.0county
Tornado risk95.2county
Tropical cyclone risk89.2county
Extreme heat risk91.2county
Winter weather risk59.5county
Strong wind risk97.7county
Wildfire risk67.1county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Richmond County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Georgia figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

Similar counties in Georgia

Compare Richmond with anywhere else

Put this county side by side with any other in the country, or weight the factors that matter to you and rank all 50 states.

Open Richmond in the map