What is the population of Richland city?

Richland city has 7,250 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #52 of 427 in Mississippi.

What is the median household income in Richland city?

Median household income in Richland city is $63,611 a year, 19% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Richland city?

Median gross rent is $1,146 a month and the median home value is $131,300, so rent absorbs about 21.6% of median household income.

Is Richland city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Richland city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Richland, MS population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Richland, Mississippi (Richland, MS — Census place “Richland city”) is 7,250 residents, ranking #52 of 427 places in Mississippi. Median household income is $63,611, the median home is worth $131,300 and median gross rent runs $1,146 a month. Looking for the Richland Mississippi ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Richland, MS: 39218.

Population: 7,250Richland city residents
Median household income: $63,611Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $131,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,146Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 74.3%Owner-occupied households

Richland ZIP codes (Mississippi)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Richland.

The Richland MS ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

39218

What the numbers mean in Richland city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Richland city median would spend about 21.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.4% of residents and 74.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Richland city, MS in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Richland city is a mid-size town in Mississippi, with 7,250 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #52 of 427 ranked by population — larger than 88% of them. The median age here is 37.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Richland city earn a median of $63,611 a year, 19% below the national figure of $78,538 and 44% above the $44,178 median for the 191 Mississippi cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 14.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Richland city is valued at $131,300, 56.7% below the national figure and 8% above the $121,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,146 a month, 18.5% below the national figure, or roughly $13,752 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 74.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Richland city?: Richland city has 7,250 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #52 of 427 in Mississippi.
What is the median household income in Richland city?: Median household income in Richland city is $63,611 a year, 19% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Richland city?: Median gross rent is $1,146 a month and the median home value is $131,300, so rent absorbs about 21.6% of median household income.
Is Richland city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Richland city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Richland city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.