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A town of 8,142 people in Washington County, Rhode Island
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Map of Richmond: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land34%8,831 of 25,929 acres
Trails57 mi1.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves91,085 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Richmond

Town in Rhode Island, United States
8,020Population
40.8 sq miArea
381 ftElevation

Richmond is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 8,020 at the 2020 census. It contains the villages of Alton, Arcadia, Barberville, Carolina, Hillsdale, Kenyon, Shannock, Tug Hollow, Usquepaug, Wood River Junction, Woodville, and Wyoming. Students from the Town of Richmond are part of the Chariho Regional School District, a school district shared between Charlestown and Hopkinton, Rhode Island.

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ZIP code02800–02899
Area code401
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Housing in Richmond

$528K▲ 2.8% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Richmond home is worth about $528,000, up 2.8% in a year, close to the Rhode Island typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market40
Sale-to-list103.8%
Sold in May6
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Safety in Richmond

A+

Safety Grade A+

Richmond reports less crime per resident than 95% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Richmond 0.1
Rhode Island 1.5
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Richmond 2.6
Rhode Island 9.2
U.S. 15.5
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B

School Grade B

The public schools Richmond’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 58% of Rhode Island’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

#16Best public schoolsof 38 in RI
DistrictCharihoSchools5

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within RI. Ratings are from neighbors.

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