Richfield, North Carolina Population, Hospitals, Airports, and Schools
Population: 515. Estimated population in July 2024: 514 (-0.2% change)
Males: 258 (50.1%), Females: 257 (49.9%)
Stanly County
Zip code: 28137
Demographics
Median resident age: 36.2 years
Median household income: $40,083
Median house value: $84,800
Population by Race
Races in Richfield:
- White Non-Hispanic (81.9%)
- Black (14.4%)
- Other Asian (1.4%)
- Two or more races (1.4%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
- Filipino (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (21.0%), German (17.3%), English (6.4%), Irish (6.0%), Scotch-Irish (4.9%), French (2.3%).
Elevation: 661 feet
Land area: 2.1 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Richfield
- High school or higher: 80.1%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 13.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.0%
- Unemployed: 4.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.7 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Richfield town
- Never married: 33.1%
- Now married: 54.2%
- Separated: 2.5%
- Widowed: 4.0%
- Divorced: 6.2%
1.2% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -64 (-11.1%).
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Richfield:
- ROWAN-CABARRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 22 miles; SALISBURY, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,499)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (about 35 miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; Full-time enrollment: 13,706)
- HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY (about 38 miles; HIGH POINT, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,564)
- WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY (about 39 miles; WINSTON-SALEM, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,508)
- CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 41 miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; Full-time enrollment: 7,967)
- FORSYTH TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 42 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC; Full-time enrollment: 3,271)
- GUILFORD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 43 miles; JAMESTOWN, NC; Full-time enrollment: 4,810)
Public primary/middle school in Richfield:
- RICHFIELD ELEMENTARY (Students: 339; Location: 120 MORGAN STREET; Grades: PK – 08)