Richfield is a medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 36,710 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Richfield is the 26th largest community in Minnesota.

Also of interest is that Richfield has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.32% 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.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Richfield use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Richfield‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

The education level of Richfield ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Richfield, 44.23% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Richfield in 2018 was $44,059, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $176,236 for a family of four. However, Richfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Richfield is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Richfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Richfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Richfield also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.62% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Richfield include German, Norwegian, Irish, Swedish, and English.

Richfield also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.24%.

The most common language spoken in Richfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.