Richwood, WV

Census Place

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2024 Population
2,403
US Senator
Shelley Moore Capito
Republican Party
US Senator
Jim Justice
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
46.2
1.54% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
25.9%
22.7% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$30,833
8.27% 1-year decline
2024 Median Property Value
$70,000
3.55% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
727
21.8% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Richwood, WV reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

99.8% of the residents in Richwood, WV are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Richwood, WV was $70,000, and the homeownership rate was 82.8%.

Most people in Richwood, WV drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 36.5 minutes. The average car ownership in Richwood, WV was 1 car per household.

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Population & Diversity

Richwood, WV is home to a population of 2.4k people, from which 99.8% are citizens. As of 2024, 0.749% of Richwood, WV residents were born outside of the country (18 people).

In 2024, there were 139 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (2.36k people) in Richwood, WV than any other race or ethnicity. There were 17 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 14 White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99.8%
2024 Citizenship
99.9%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 99.8% of Richwood, WV residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Richwood, WV was 99.9%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Richwood, WV
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    2.36k ± 430
  2. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
    17 ± 22
  3. White (Hispanic)
    14 ± 23
0.583%
Hispanic Population
14 people

In 2024, there were 139 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (2.36k people) in Richwood, WV than any other race or ethnicity. There were 17 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 14 White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

0.583% of the people in Richwood, WV are hispanic (14 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Richwood, WV as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for West Virginia.
Most Common Origin
  1. India
    2,277 ± 1,171 people
  2. Mexico
    2,211 ± 1,154 people
  3. Germany
    1,987 ± 1,094 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of West Virginia was India, the natal country of 2,277 West Virginia residents, followed by Mexico with 2,211 and Germany with 1,987.

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Foreign-Born Population

0.749%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
18 people
1.76%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
46 people

As of 2024, 0.749% of Richwood, WV residents (18 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Richwood, WV was 1.76%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    51 ± 40
  2. Gulf War (1990s)
    50 ± 47
  3. Gulf War (2001-)
    48 ± 47

Richwood, WV has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.02 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Richwood, WV employs 727 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Richwood, WV were Health Care & Social Assistance (176 people), Retail Trade (139 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (111 people), and the highest paying industries were Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($145,132), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($103,625), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($100,000).

Employment

Occupations

727
2024 Value
± 233
21.8%
1 Year growth
± 40.2%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Richwood, WV grew at a rate of 21.8%, from 597 employees to 727 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Richwood, WV, are Sales & Related Occupations (154 people), Healthcare Support Occupations (102 people), and Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations (77 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Richwood, WV.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for West Virginia.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

727
2024 Value
± 233
21.8%
1 Year growth
± 40.2%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Richwood, WV grew at a rate of 21.8%, from 597 employees to 727 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Richwood, WV, are Health Care & Social Assistance (176 people), Retail Trade (139 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (111 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Richwood, WV, though some of these residents may live in Richwood, WV and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$45,750
Median earning men ± $22,970
$29,508
Median earning women ± $15,604

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($152,647), Construction ($60,994), and Manufacturing ($43,393).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($47,629), Other Services Except Public Administration ($33,393), and Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($4,458).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for West Virginia.
Y-Axis
0.583%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 690k people employed in West Virginia. This represents a 0.583% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 15%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Richwood, WV was $70,000 in 2024, which is 0.21 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $67,600 to $70,000, a 3.55% increase. The homeownership rate in Richwood, WV is 82.8%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Richwood, WV have an average commute time of 36.5 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Richwood, WV is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$70,000
Median Property Value 2024
±$20,200
$740
Median Property Taxes
±$181

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Richwood, WV the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Richwood, WV compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

82.8%
Homeownership
2024
85%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 82.8% of the housing units in Richwood, WV were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 78.8%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$30,833
Median Household Income
± $12,592
894
Number of Households
± 207

In 2024, the median household income of the 894 households in Richwood, WV declined from $30,833 from the previous year's value of $33,614.

The following chart displays the households in Richwood, WV distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $25k - $30k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Richwood, WV is from West Virginia.
0.443
2023 Wage GINI in West Virginia
0.449
2022 Wage GINI in West Virginia

In 2023, the income inequality in West Virginia was 0.443 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 1.39% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for West Virginia was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in West Virginia in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (71.3%)
  2. Public Transit (10.2%)
  3. Carpooled (7.86%)

In 2024, 71.3% of workers in Richwood, WV drove alone to work, followed by those who used public transit to get to work (10.2%) and those who carpooled to work (7.86%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

36.5 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Richwood, WV have a longer commute time (36.5 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 8.25% of the workforce in Richwood, WV have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

1 car
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Richwood, WV distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Richwood, WV have 1 car.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

25.9% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Richwood, WV (613 out of 2.37k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 35 - 44, followed by Males 65 - 74 and then Females 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Richwood, WV is White, followed by Hispanic and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

93.8% of the population of Richwood, WV has health coverage, with 19.9% on employee plans, 40.8% on Medicaid, 13.2% on Medicare, 16.8% on non-group plans, and 3.17% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in West Virginia see 1,319 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,319 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1705 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 506 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 46.1% were men and 53.9% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 17.2% under 18 years, 17.1% between 18 and 34 years, 40% between 35 and 64 years, and 25.7% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 46.1% were men and 53.9% were women.

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Uninsured People

6.17%
Uninsured
19.9%
Employer Coverage
40.8%
Medicaid
13.2%
Medicare
16.8%
Non-Group
3.17%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Richwood, WV declined by 15.6% from 7.3% to 6.17%.

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