Richmond, CA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Richmond, CA: 4 USPS ZIPs, population 81,602. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage

ACS city ledger plate

Sheet RICHMOND-CA · Richmond, CA 4 ZIPs · 81,602 pop · #5381/25278 · Contra Costa County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $94,639
  • RANK-UPPER #5381/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pittsburg
  • BOOK-FEW 4 ZIPs
  • OWN-LOW 56% owners
  • POP-SMALL 81,602
  • SPREAD-MOD 94801→94805
  • HOME-HIGH $677,600

Nearest income peer: Pittsburg, CA (+ $917 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Richmond

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Richmond on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Richmond, CA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 21%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
81,602
city population (Census)
4
USPS ZIP codes covered
$94,639
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 4 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $94,639 and home value $677,600 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 31.9%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (56.2%) for this income tier, rent $1,926 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within California, Glendale is the closest lower-income city and Suisun City the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 9 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Richmond.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Richmond differ

The most material local contrast is hardship rather than the city-wide income average. Poverty is 5.3% in ZIP 94805 and 15.8% in 94804. That spread is why the ZIP detail pages are more useful than a single city figure for comparing household conditions.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.4×

94801 to 94805

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.3×

94801 to 94805

Poverty-rate spread
10.5 points

94805 to 94804

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

Lead ZIP 94804 skews compact Richmond

In this 4-ZIP cluster, 94804 covers about 47% of Richmond's 81,602 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Richmond

Citywide ZBP: 1,521 establishments, 25,627 employees , annual payroll $2,289,126k (~19 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 4 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 94804 (795 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (221) · also Other services (except public administration) · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Richmond, CA

These ZIP codes sit in Contra Costa County, which covers 43 ZIP codes in all; 4 of them fall in Richmond. See the Contra Costa County roll-up →

Richmond sits in the lower half of Contra Costa County on income: Concord, Antioch and Walnut Creek report more, and only San Pablo reports less. Danville marks the far end of that range at $237,549, 151% above Richmond.

Side-by-side: Compare 94804 vs 94801 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
94804 38,559 $91,037 795 2,406
94801 29,395 $81,728 491 1,013
94805 13,648 $111,152 235 2,657
94850 0 n/a n/a n/a

Richmond roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Richmond, .