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Park Forest Village, PA vs Richmond Heights, MO

Park Forest Village

Pennsylvania

vs

Richmond Heights

Missouri

Across 38 directional measures we can compare, Park Forest Village leads on 19 and Richmond Heights on 19. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 17% higher in Richmond Heights, and so is median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,331$1,559
Park Forest Village is 15% lower
Median household income
$79,120$94,460
Park Forest Village is 16% lower
Median home value
$389,600$358,700
Park Forest Village is 9% higher

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $63,800 a year left in Park Forest Village and $77,000 in Richmond Heights. Money goes further in Richmond Heights, by about $13,200 a year.
  • A household earning Park Forest Village's median of $79,120 would need about $81,500 in Richmond Heights to keep the same money after rent and local prices.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, rent outran pay by 2.5 points a year in Park Forest Village, and rent outran pay by 5.7 points a year in Richmond Heights.

How these are calculated

PennsylvaniaMissouriRichmond Heights, MOPark Forest Village, PAPark Forest VillageRichmond HeightsPark Forest VillageRichmond Heights

Which fits you?

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Your weights

Top 2 of 2 matching places. Places in the top 1% show their national rank.

#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01Park Forest Village, PAComposite 63.7 / 100
84
395798n/a9760n/a
02Richmond Heights, MOComposite 54.3 / 100
62
538298890456

CTX is the Citytistics Index: better than that share of the places we rate. It tops out at 99, so the top 1% show their national rank (#1 is best). Change any weight to rank on your own mix. How the CTX is built

Every measure

The dots show where each place sits among the 6,645 places we track. The bar is the median. A small dot after a value marks the better one.

MeasurePark Forest VillageRichmond HeightsAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$1,331$1,559
Rent to income120.2%19.8%
Property tax rate11.2%1.3%
Home price to income14.9x3.8x
Prices vs US average296.895.1
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$1,537$1,349
HUD area median income4$118,300$113,500
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$4,592$4,660
Median home value1$389,600$358,700
Home prices, 1-year change52.8%3.8%
Home prices, 5-year change537.1%43.6%
Homeownership155.6%54.3%
Renters paying 30%+173.2%35.4%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$2,157$1,989
Vacant homes113.0%5.0%
Median year built119821947
Jobs and income
Median household income1$79,120$94,460
Income per person1$48,041$73,204
Unemployment14.3%1.9%
Average annual pay6$65,553$78,741
Pay growth, 1 year64.3%3.7%
Jobs669,346589,803
Poverty rate121.5%5.5%
Mean commute114 min18 min
Works from home126.1%24.6%
Commutes by transit16.0%1.4%
People
Population18,6249,153
Population change since 20207n/a-2.4%
Median age138.235.8
Bachelor's or higher177.4%76.6%
High school or higher199.0%99.6%
Household size12.32.1
Born abroad119.2%10.4%
No health insurance12.9%3.6%
Homes with broadband179.6%94.5%
Moving
Moved here in the past year112.2%9.2%
Moved from another state15.8%3.3%
Net movers per 1,000 people8-8.8-4.4
Income of households moving in8$63,569$71,577
Income of households moving out8$64,893$79,731
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k919.521.1
Shops per 10k925.632.3
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k95.15.0
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k917.332.4
Child care centers per 10k92.02.5
Parks per 10k1012.85.5
Playgrounds per 10k1025.58.7
Grocery stores per 10k108.12.2
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k1012.813.1
Libraries per 10k100.01.1
Named paths and bike trails100.90.0
Transit stops per sq mi1031.77.0
Nearest National Park Service site1140.85.6
National Park Service sites within 60 miles1123
National Register listings12644
Safety
Violent crime per 100k13n/a464
Property crime per 100k13n/a6,164
Schools
Public schools14331
Public school students1413,674436
Students per teacher1412.011.2
Climate
July average high1581°F88°F
January average low1518°F23°F
Average temperature1549°F56°F
Annual precipitation1543.5 in42.3 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1668.099.3
Hurricane risk1677.545.1
Tornado risk1642.898.1
Wildfire risk1632.561.7
Heat wave risk1648.099.9
Median air quality index174156
Good air days1774.2%31.2%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Park Forest Village $53,240, Richmond Heights $62,360 a year.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. Population Estimates · US Census Bureau · Vintage 2025
  8. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  9. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  10. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  11. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  12. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  13. Crime Data Explorer · Federal Bureau of Investigation · 2025 data
  14. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  15. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  16. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  17. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology.

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