New Richmond is a somewhat small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 10,592 people and three associated neighborhoods, New Richmond is the 95th largest community in Wisconsin.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, New Richmond is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, New Richmond is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Richmond who work in office and administrative support (13.43%), sales jobs (11.57%), and management occupations (9.01%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.48% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. In terms of college education, New Richmond is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.25% of adults in New Richmond have a college degree. The per capita income in New Richmond in 2022 was $36,410, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $145,640 for a family of four. However, New Richmond contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call New Richmond home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Richmond residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in New Richmond include German, Irish, Norwegian, English, and Swedish. The most common language spoken in New Richmond is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
