Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety51#449/924
Economy14#797/925
Housing34#612/925
Health6#870/925
Healthcare64#330/923
Environment41#542/917
Education28#669/925
Infrastructure53#432/925
Community47#492/925
Leisure & amenities29#660/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Richmond, IN micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Mental health providers · high512 /100k
87/100Indiana 226 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Home price to income ratio · low2.5×
85/100Indiana 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Distance to an emergency room · low4.5 mi
84/100Indiana 5.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Drought exposure · low11%
83/100Indiana 19%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAggregated from counties
Property crime rate · low751 /100k
80/100Indiana 1,052 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Hot days · low7 days
78/100Indiana 14 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Drug overdose deaths · high40.8 /100k
4/100Indiana 18.5 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Injury deaths · high141 /100k
5/100Indiana 96 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Frequent mental distress · high20.8%
8/100Indiana 19.3%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Adult smoking · high19.8%
9/100Indiana 17.8%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · high27.2 /100k
9/100Indiana 16.1 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.491
10/100Indiana 0.452United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.3 /10k (2020) → 0.6 /10k (2025)
+101%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
56.6% (2010 & 2021) → 76.5% (2022 & 2024)
+20 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
20.7% (2020 & 2021) → 36.6% (2023 & 2024)
+16 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
73.7% (2015-2019) → 88.1% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Homicide rateImproving
10.1 /100k (2021) → 2.9 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−71%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Suicide rateWorsening
16.6 /100k (2021) → 27.2 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+64%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /100k

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.

Over about five years, Richmond, IN micropolitan area improved on 12 of 29 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 7 moved within the margin of error and 5 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Gyms+101%0.3 /10k → 0.6 /10k
Broadband+14 points73.7% → 88.1%
Firearm deaths−29%18.0 /100k → 12.7 /100k
Homicides−52%6.0 /100k → 2.9 /100k
Overdose deaths−41%69.2 /100k → 40.8 /100k

Declined5

Suicides+81%15.0 /100k → 27.2 /100k
Rent burden+11 points40.3% → 51.3%
Rent / income+4.1 points26.7% → 30.8%
Traffic deaths+12%9.9 /100k → 11.2 /100k
Price / income+0.4×2.2× → 2.5×

All 29 measures

Change of every measure of Richmond, IN micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.9 /10k2020	3.0 /10k2025	+5.8%	Improved	42%
Average commute time	20.2 min2015-2019	21.8 min2020-2024	+1.5 min	Within the margin of error	20%
Average weekly wage	$8122020	$1,0172025	+25%	Improved	68%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%2015-2019	20.5%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Improved	37%
Broadband subscriptions	73.7%2015-2019	88.1%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	89%
Child poverty rate	26.1%2015-2019	24.0%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Distance to an airport	39 mi2020	39 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	69.2 /100k2020	40.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−41%	Improved	71%
Effective property tax rate	0.85%2015-2019	0.77%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Firearm deaths	18.0 /100k2020	12.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−29%	Improved	92%
Grocery stores	1.1 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+0.5%	Little change	53%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.3 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	+101%	Improved	97%
High school diploma or higher	86.5%2015-2019	87.8%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	61%
Homicide rate	6.0 /100k2020	2.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−52%	Improved	79%
Income adjusted for local prices	$46,7872019	$61,6172024	+32%	Improved	51%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4622015-2019	0.4912020-2024	+0.029	Within the margin of error	7%
Median household income	$46,5162015-2019	$55,6922020-2024	+20%	Improved	13%
New business applications	5.8 /1k2020	8.6 /1k2025	+49%	Improved	54%
Pharmacies	2.0 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	+0.5%	Little change	74%
Poverty rate	16.4%2015-2019	17.9%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.8 /10k2024	−0.6%	Little change	59%
Rent as share of income	26.7%2015-2019	30.8%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Declined	5%
Rent-burdened households	40.3%2015-2019	51.3%2020-2024	+11 points	Declined	3%
Restaurants and bars	8.9 /10k2020	8.9 /10k2025	+0.5%	Little change	48%
Suicide rate	15.0 /100k2020	27.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+81%	Declined	3%
Traffic deaths	9.9 /100k2015-2019	11.2 /100k2020-2024	+12%	Declined	41%
Unemployment rate	6.8%2020	3.8%2025	−3 points	Improved	51%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.6%2015-2019	13.3%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	74%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 786 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Richmond, IN micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Richmond, IN micropolitan area 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.

For comparison, Richmond, IN micropolitan area itself moved −4.4 points in standing on average over the same 28 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

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).

Age and sex

66,397 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

26,975 households (±385)

Richmond, IN micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k22%6,038
$25k–50k23%6,135
$50k–75k18%4,745

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

26,975 households (±385)

Richmond, IN micropolitan area
United States share

Own69%18,673
Rent31%8,302

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

28,636 workers (±788)

Richmond, IN micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone78%22,478
Carpool11%3,052
Public transit0.2%†56

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 no occupation wages for Richmond, IN micropolitan area.

Local 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.

Richmond, IN has 1,453 employer establishments, 220 for every 10,000 residents (0.88× the US rate of 248), with 25,774 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,352. The Census Bureau also counts 4,099 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,453; 4,099 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 220; US 248
Paid employees: 25,774
Average annual pay: $51,352; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Richmond, IN by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	140	21.2	1.02×About typical	2,280	$83,295	164
Restaurants and other eating places	116	17.5	0.96×About typical	2,545	$18,313	13
Specialty trade contractors	68	10.3	0.66×Fewer than typical	505	$53,050	344
Religious organizations	59	8.9	1.61×More than typical	294	$19,378	—
Lessors of real estate	56	8.5	0.69×Fewer than typical	144	$37,139	384
Full-service restaurants	54	8.2	1.06×About typical	1,269	$18,901	5
Limited-service restaurants	51	7.7	0.96×About typical	1,087	$17,962	6
Offices of physicians	47	7.1	1.10×About typical	821	$118,453	25
Automotive repair and maintenance	36	5.4	1.08×About typical	172	$31,169	71
Gasoline stations	36	5.4	1.68×More than typical	388	$28,552	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	34	5.1	0.76×Fewer than typical	387	$43,840	270
Banks and credit unions	33	5	1.54×More than typical	395	$66,947	—

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 66,129 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.9M on contracts performed in Richmond, IN micropolitan area: $28.00 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.9M; −85% vs FY2025
Per resident: $28.00; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$1.4M76%
Department of the Navy$428.6K23%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$24.8K1.3%

Top recipients

CONTRACT INDUSTRIAL TOOLING INC$1.9M100%
TEMPLAR LLC$00.0%
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION LLC-$2,7460.0%
GOLDEN ENGINEERING, INC.-$3,6750.0%

Spending by fiscal year

1.9MFY2017
2.3MFY2018
1.8MFY2019
1.5MFY2020
687.2KFY2021
478.9KFY2022
4MFY2023
4.4M

Top industries (NAICS)

Boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturing · 3324$1.7M93%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$132.1K7.1%

Largest awards

NOUN: SHIPPING AND STORAGE CONTAINER NSN: 8145-01-232-9447 PART NUMBER: 11650202 QUANTITY: 526 OPTION QUANTITY: NOT EXERCISED AT TIME OF AWARD$3M
CONTRACT INDUSTRIAL TOOLING INC· Wayne County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 14, 2025 – Nov 25, 2025· SPRDL125C0034
REGION 5, EMERGENCY AND RAPID RESPONSE SERVICES V (ERRS V), TASK ORDER FOR THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AT MY WAY TRADING WAREHOUSE FIRE SITE (C5YJ)$2.3M
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION LLC· Wayne County, IN· Facilities & utilities· Apr 21, 2023 – Dec 13, 2025· 68HE0523F0060
SHIPPING AND STORAG$1.4M
CONTRACT INDUSTRIAL TOOLING INC· Wayne County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 20, 2025 – Feb 6, 2026· SPRPA125CEG33

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $511.5M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Richmond, IN micropolitan area: $7,730 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $511.5M; −32% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,730; US $12,955
Loan face value: $14.8M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$274.9M54%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$53.8M11%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$30.6M6.0%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$30.4M5.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$29.9M5.8%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$23.4M4.6%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$17.9M3.5%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$9.1M1.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$66.5M13%
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY$8.1M1.6%
RICHMOND, IN
RICHMOND SCHOOL CORP$4.7M0.9%
RICHMOND, IN
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY RICHMOND T$4.1M0.8%
RICHMOND, IN
WELL CARE COMMUNITY HEALTH INC$1.8M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$376.6M74%
Federal Highway Administration$66.5M13%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$35M6.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$9.7M1.9%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$7.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

418.1MFY2021
436.5MFY2022
436.2MFY2023
482.8MFY2024
757.2MFY2025
511.5MFY2026

County aggregates

82%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Richmond, IN

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Wayne CountyCentral county3266,169

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

RichmondPrincipal city35,581

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Indiana

Areas based in Indiana, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved12

Declined5

Metro and micro areas like Richmond, IN micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Richmond, IN

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Indiana

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved12

Declined5

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought