† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupRichfieldMinnesotaUnited States
German22.3%29.2%12.5%
Irish10.1%9.9%9.4%
Norwegian9.5%12.1%—
English7.5%6.6%9.5%
Swedish6.3%6.5%—
Polish3.5%3.7%2.2%
French2.6%1.8%1.6%
Italian2.3%—4.8%
Mexican10.0%3.9%11.3%
Ecuadorian1.6%0.2%—
Puerto Rican0.9%0.3%1.8%
Colombian0.7%—0.4%
Cuban0.5%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.5%0.2%0.5%
Salvadoran0.5%0.2%0.7%
Spaniard0.5%——
African American†6.4%3.8%9.9%
Somali1.7%1.1%—
African0.7%0.5%0.5%
Ethiopian0.6%0.5%—
Liberian0.6%0.2%—
Nigerian0.3%0.2%0.2%
Kenyan0.2%0.2%—
Hmong1.5%1.7%—
Asian Indian1.4%0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.8%0.5%1.3%
Vietnamese0.5%0.4%0.6%
Korean0.3%0.2%0.4%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Laotian0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Richfield
Minnesota
United States
Median age
39.4
39
39.1
Age 18–24
7.3%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.1%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Richfield
Minnesota
United States
Median household income
$85,132
$89,062
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.2%
9.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
43.7%
39.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Richfield
Minnesota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
23.9%
12.5%
22.3%
Spanish
14.6%
4.2%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.6%
0.8%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
2.3%
2.3%
1.1%
Other languages
3.4%
2.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Richfield
Minnesota
United States
Catholic
—
19.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
50.6%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Richfield, Minnesota
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+22.2%
2008
+31.2%
2012
+34.4%
2016
+38.4%
2020
+47.6%
2024
+47.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
72.4%Harris13,977
25.1%Trump4,847
2.5%
D+47.3
R+0.3
D+48.8
19,305
D
72.4%Biden14,931
24.9%Trump5,128
2.7%
D+47.6
D+9.2
D+43.1
20,614
D
64.6%Clinton11,924
26.2%Trump4,839
9.2%
D+38.4
D+4.0
D+36.3
18,460
D
66.0%Obama12,262
31.6%Romney5,874
2.4%
D+34.4
D+3.2
D+30.5
18,573
D
64.7%Obama12,112
33.5%McCain6,271
1.8%
D+31.2
D+9.1
D+23.9
18,712
D
60.3%Kerry11,044
38.1%Bush6,982
1.6%
D+22.2
—
D+24.6
18,327
Richfield sits immediately south of Minneapolis and has trended toward higher Democratic margins over the past decade, driven by a younger, more diverse population and a renter rate that exceeds 40 percent — unusually high for a suburb its size.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.6 points in 2020. The 2024 margin was 47.3 points.
A population of 36,642, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,132 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Middleton and Fitchburg.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Richfield, Minnesota voted Democratic by 47.3 points (D+47.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 19,305 votes cast, 13,977 went Democratic and 4,847 went Republican.
How many people live in Richfield, Minnesota?
Richfield, Minnesota has a population of 36,642 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Richfield, Minnesota?
Median household income in Richfield, Minnesota is $85,132 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Richfield, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Richfield, Minnesota from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
