Census-designated place · Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Richboro, Pennsylvania
Richboro is a census-designated place in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area. It has 6,963 residents. Richboro, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 93 out of 100 (very high), ranking #1,023 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #46 of 997 cities and towns. It ranks best on poverty rate (low), flu vaccinations (high) and voter turnout (high). It ranks worst on public libraries (low), time spent in the emergency room (high) and child care cost burden (high).
- Quality-of-life score
- #1,023 of 15,651 cities and towns
- Pennsylvania
- #46 of 997 in PA
- Population
- 6,963 (2020-2024)
- Land area
- 4 mi²
- Density
- 1,589.9 /mi²
- FIPS code
- 4264464
Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.
Scores by category
Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.
- Safety92#1,244/15,637
- Economy95#801/15,631
- Housing51#7,280/14,977
- Health90#1,494/15,609
- Healthcare93#1,124/15,650
- Environment38#9,506/15,453
- Education97#527/15,649
- Infrastructure81#2,954/15,650
- Community80#3,041/15,651
- Leisure & amenities64#5,627/15,651
Strengths · Weaknesses
Indicators where Richboro, Pennsylvania ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Bucks County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.
Strengths
- Poverty rate · low0.8%99/100Pennsylvania 11.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census BureauCensus table B17001High uncertainty
- Flu vaccinations · high57.0%97/100Pennsylvania 52.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBucks County value
- Voter turnout · high81.0%97/100Pennsylvania 71.0%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionBucks County value
- Median household income · high$159,007
- Poor or fair health · low11.1%95/100Pennsylvania 17.0%United States 19.9%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
- Frequent mental distress · low14.1%94/100Pennsylvania 15.9%United States 18.6%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Weaknesses
- Public libraries · low0.3 /10k15/100Pennsylvania 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesBucks County value
- Time spent in the emergency room · high213 min16/100Pennsylvania 191 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesBucks County value
- Child care cost burden · high36.1%19/100Pennsylvania 34.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBucks County value
- High ozone days · high2 days28/100Pennsylvania 1 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyBucks County value
- Social associations · low7.7 /10k30/100Pennsylvania 11.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBucks County value
- Preventable hospital stays · high3,221 /100k31/100Pennsylvania 3,115 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBucks County value
Trends
The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.
- PopulationRising
6,378 (2015-2019) → 6,963 (2020-2024)
+9.2%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
- Rent-burdened householdsImproving
62.0% (2015-2019) → 37.0% (2020-2024)
−25 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
- Rent as share of incomeImproving
33.3% (2015-2019) → 18.4% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
50.4% (2015-2019) → 60.3% (2020-2024)
+9.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
- Median household incomeImproving
$121,599 (2015-2019) → $159,007 (2020-2024)
+31%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
- Broadband subscriptionsImproving
92.9% (2015-2019) → 97.0% (2020-2024)
+4.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
What changed in five years
How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.
Cities and towns like Richboro, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved
The places whose measures looked most like those of Richboro, Pennsylvania in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.
Who lives here
Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).
Income
How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.
Homes
Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.
Getting to work
How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.
Jobs and pay
What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.
Pay in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDLocal businesses
Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.
Federal contracts performed here
Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Richboro is mostly in Bucks County.
See federal money in Bucks CountyRepresentation in Congress
Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.
County
A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.
Metro area
The metro or micro area the city belongs to.
Other cities and towns in Bucks County
Largest first.
Similar cities and towns
Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).
- Thompsonville, PA89Alike on Homeownership, Poor health, Mental distress
- Hockessin, DE86Alike on Income per capita, Household income, Mental distress
- Fort Washington, PA94Alike on Poor health, Household income, Mental distress
- Flourtown, PA96Alike on Inactivity, Bachelor's+, Transit use
- Merion Station, PA96Alike on Mental distress, Obesity, Poor health
Data and sources
Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.
- PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
- Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
- American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
- Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
- Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
- Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
- County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement