Richmond, VA

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Trends

Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.

How Richmond ranks

• #4 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 93.3
• #12 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 89.0
• #13 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 77.6
• #31 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 57.4
• #44 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 54.6
• #57 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 38.8
• #81 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 36.0
• #88 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 12.3

Local facts

Median household income

$62,671

Median rent

$1,314 / mo

Median home value

$328,100

Median age

34.5

Unemployment

6.0%

Bachelor's degree or higher

44.1%

Poverty rate

18.8%

Renter-occupied homes

56.6%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools

110

Students enrolled

56,277

Students per teacher

13.9 : 1

Free or reduced-price lunch

77.9%

Charter schools

1.8%

School districts serving the city

10

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Districts: Richmond City Public Schools, Henrico County Public Schools, Chesterfield County Public Schools, Department Of Education State-Operated Educ Prgms, Medical College Of Virginia

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity

38.3%

No leisure-time physical activity

26.5%

Adults with diabetes

13.8%

Adults who smoke

15.0%

Frequent mental distress

17.9%

Sleeping under 7 hours

37.1%

Adults without health insurance

10.6%

Routine checkup in past year

78.9%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park

83.0%

Share of city that is parkland

8.0%

EPA walkability index (1-20)

13.9

Median air quality index (county)

36

Unhealthy air days (county)

0

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband

84.9%

Households with no internet

9.2%

Average commute

22.1 min

Work from home

16.9%

Commute by transit

3.6%

Commute on foot

4.2%

Commute by bike

1.1%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Richmond city as relatively low overall for natural hazard risk, with 5 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

• Earthquake: relatively moderate
• Heat wave: relatively moderate
• Riverine flooding: relatively moderate
• Hurricane: relatively low

ZIP codes

• 23173
• 23219
• 23220
• 23221
• 23222
• 23223
• 23224
• 23225
• 23226
• 23227
• 23230
• 23234
• 23235
• 23284
• 23298