Richlands is a somewhat small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 5,074 people and two associated neighborhoods, Richlands is the 120th largest community in Virginia.Richlands is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Richlands is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Richlands who work in sales jobs (24.84%), management occupations (10.01%), and office and administrative support (9.59%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.77% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Richlands has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Richlands has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Richlands than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Richlands may be for you.In terms of college education, the citizens of Richlands rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.51% of adults 25 and older in Richlands have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Richlands in 2022 was $26,915, which is low income relative to Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $107,660 for a family of four. However, Richlands contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Richlands also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.19% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Richlands home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Richlands residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Richlands include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Richlands is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Arabic.
