It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Richmond has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Richmond has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Richmond than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Richmond may be for you.
Despite being a small city, Richmond has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
In Richmond, just 9.73% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Richmond in 2022 was $31,329, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,316 for a family of four. However, Richmond contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Richmond home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Richmond residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Richmond include German, Irish, English, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Richmond is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
