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Population (year 2000): 11,081. Estimated
population in July 2005: 13,262 (+19.7% change)
Males: 5,486 (49.5%), Females: 5,595 (50.5%)
Fort Bend County
Zip codes:
77469.
Median resident age: 29.6 years
Median household income: $34,888 (year 2000)
Median house value: $78,900 (year 2000)
Races in Richmond:
- Hispanic (58.7%)
- Other race (31.0%)
- White Non-Hispanic (26.7%)
- Black (13.5%)
- Two or more races (3.0%)
- American Indian (1.0%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (5.6%), English (4.4%), Irish
(3.8%), United States (3.3%), Czech (2.8%), Scotch-Irish (1.7%).
Land area: 3.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Richmond
- High school or higher: 57.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.2%
- Unemployed: 8.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Richmond city
- Never married: 26.0%
- Now married: 55.2%
- Separated: 4.2%
- Widowed: 5.2%
- Divorced: 9.4%
22.0% Foreign born (21.2% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +819 (+8.0%).
Hospital/medical center in Richmond:
- POLLY RYON HOSP AUTHORITY (1705 JACKSON ST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Richmond:
- METHODIST SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; SUGAR
LAND, TX)
- CHRISTUS ST CATHERINE HEALTH & WELLNES (about 13
miles; KATY, TX)
- MEMORIAL HERMANN KATY HOSPITAL (about 13 miles;
KATY, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Richmond:
- WILLIAM P HOBBY (about 35 miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID:
HOU)
- BRAZORIA COUNTY (about 40 miles; ANGLETON/LAKE
JACKSON, TX; ID: LBX)
- GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL ARPT/HOUSTON (about 40
miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID: IAH)
Other public-use airports nearest to Richmond:
- LANE AIRPARK (about 5 miles; ROSENBERG, TX; ID: T54)
- WESTHEIMER AIR PARK (about 8 miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID:
O07)
- SUGAR LAND RGNL (about 9 miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID:
SGR)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Richmond:
- HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 19 miles; HOUSTON,
TX; Full-time enrollment: 2,273)
- RICE UNIVERSITY (about 25 miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT
enrollment: 4,158)
- UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS (about 29 miles; HOUSTON,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,541)
- HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (about 29 miles;
HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 21,140)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER (about
29 miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 2,595)
- UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-UNIVERSITY PARK (about 30
miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 25,479)
- TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY (about 30 miles; HOUSTON,
TX; FT enrollment: 5,808)
Public high school in Richmond:
- FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,497;
Location: 4400 FM 723; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Richmond:
- BRISCOE JUNIOR HIGH (Students: 1,246;
Location: 4300 FM 723; Grades: 06 - 08)
- MANFORD WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY (Students: 659;
Location: 5111 FM 762; Grades: PK - 05)
- T L PINK ELEMENTARY (Students: 570; Location:
1001 COLLINS RD; Grades: PK - 05)
- MEYER ELEMENTARY (Students: 545; Location:
1930 MEYER RD; Grades: PK - 05)
- FROST ELEMENTARY (Students: 542; Location:
3306 SKINNER LN; Grades: PK - 05)
- SMITH ELEMENTARY (Students: 525; Location:
2014 LAMAR DR; Grades: PK - 05)
- JANE LONG ELEMENTARY (Students: 522;
Location: 907 MAIN ST; Grades: PK - 05)
- STEPHEN F AUSTIN ELEMENTARY (Students: 509;
Location: 1630 PITTS RD; Grades: PK - 05)
- JUAN SEGUIN ELEMENTARY (Students: 341;
Location: 605 MABEL ST; Grades: PK - 05)
- JUVENILE DETENT CTR (Students: 21; Location:
122 GOLFVIEW; Grades: 04 - 12)
Private primary/middle school in Richmond:
- CALVARY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL INC. (Students: 280;
Location: 1201 AUSTIN STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
Library in Richmond:
- FORT BEND COUNTY LIBRARIES (Operating income:
$7,172,508; Location: 1001 GOLFVIEW DR; 471,311 books;
22,070 audio materials; 21,432 video materials; 1,349
serial subscriptions)
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