Mississippi · Census place 62480
Richton, MS population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Richton, Mississippi (Richton, MS — Census place “Richton town”) is 1,180 residents, ranking #186 of 427 places in Mississippi. Median household income is $35,568, the median home is worth $137,600 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Richton Mississippi ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Richton, MS: 39476.
- Population
- 1,180Richton town residents
- Median household income
- $35,568Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $137,600Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 43.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 71.1%Owner-occupied households
Richton ZIP codes (Mississippi)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Richton.
The Richton MS ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Richton town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
The median home costs 3.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 24% of residents and 71.1% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Richton town, MS in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Richton town is a small town in Mississippi, with 1,180 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #186 of 427 ranked by population — larger than 56% of them. The median age here is 43.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Richton town earn a median of $35,568 a year, 54.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 19% below the $44,178 median for the 191 Mississippi cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 24% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Richton town is valued at $137,600, 54.6% below the national figure and 13% above the $121,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 71.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
The Census withheld gross rent for Richton town because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Mississippi.
- Metcalfe town 1,141
- Courtland town 1,184
- Port Gibson city 1,114
- Gloster town 1,189
- Conehatta CDP 1,110
- Lexington city 1,202
- Raleigh town 1,104
- Victoria CDP 1,208
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Richton town?
- Richton town has 1,180 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #186 of 427 in Mississippi.
- What is the median household income in Richton town?
- Median household income in Richton town is $35,568 a year, 54.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Richton town?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $137,600.
- Is Richton town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Richton town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
- How current is this Richton town data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.