RICHMOND is now under coverage.
Local dating, modeled. Every signal in Richmond, converted into a tactical roadmap.
Greater Richmond is open as a field office. The headline numbers, each sourced and confidence-flagged:
- $1,410 per month Zumper Rent Research, June 2026
- $45,486 per year Census ACS 5-yr, 2019–2023
- 52% Census ACS 5-yr, 2019–2023
By the numbers
11 sourced, confidence-flagged metrics for Richmond — gender, money, neighborhoods, and political lean. The deep dive, with charts, is in the console below.
- Singles, 22 to 50
255,708
- Gender balance
52%
- Male skew
52%
- Median income
$45,486
- 1-bedroom rent
$1,410
- Living wage
$48,589
- Transit fare
$0
- Rent trend
$1,410
- Most female-leaning zone
42%
- Democratic
82%
- Suburban lean
16%
The shape of the market
The east and south sides tilt female: Fulton at about 42% male, Barton Heights 44%, and Forest Hill 46%.
Richmond is fairly gender-balanced, about 52% male, with no strongly male-skewed zone.
How dating actually happens
Only about 14% of matches on curated apps like Hinge turn into a first date.
Roughly 1 in 10 partnered adults met their partner online, and the share climbs sharply for younger and LGB couples.
One in four matches never gets a reply.
53% of online daters say their overall experience has been positive.
Dating safety in Richmond
78% of active dating-app users report burnout: 80% of women (driven by message volume) and 74% of men (driven by a lack of responses).
60% of Americans support requiring a background check before someone can create a dating profile.
An estimated 26% of men have received unsolicited explicit content, far below the rate for women.
56% of women under 50 have been sent unsolicited explicit images while dating online.
48% of online daters have faced at least one form of harassing behavior on a dating platform.
43% of women under 50 say a match kept contacting them after they said no.
52% of online daters say a scammer or bot has contacted them.
63% of men under 50 say a scammer or bot has contacted them, the highest of any group.
11% of women under 50 have been physically threatened on a dating platform.
40% of daters say platforms do a bad job removing fake and bot accounts; only 20% say they do well.
The LGBTQ+ landscape
53% of LGB adults have used a dating app, far more than straight adults.
About 24% of LGB couples met online, roughly three times the straight rate.
About 70% of LGB adults under 30 have used a dating app, the highest-adoption cohort anywhere.
7.6% of U.S. adults now identify as LGBTQ+, up from 3.5% in 2012.
22.3% of adults aged 18 to 34 identify as LGBTQ+.
Political alignment
24% of Americans say they could never date someone who disagrees with them on abortion.
Virginia does not register voters by party; as a 2024 proxy, the City of Richmond voted about 82% Harris to 16% Trump — the most lopsided result of any city we cover.
The independent city is overwhelmingly Democratic while the surrounding suburban counties of Henrico and Chesterfield are more competitive, though both also went Democratic in 2024.
47% of single daters would not seriously date a Trump voter; among Democratic women that rises to 79%.
69% of Americans would not date someone who is unemployed, rising to 81% of women.
The cost of dating
A single adult in the City of Richmond needs about $48,600 a year just to cover the basics.
Richmond’s rents have risen steadily in the low single digits, sitting about 15% below the national one-bedroom median.
Americans reported $1.3 billion in romance-scam losses in a single year, a tax on every crowded market.
GRTC, Richmond’s transit system, has been fare-free since 2020 — riding the bus costs nothing, the only zero-fare system among the cities we cover.
Neighborhood intelligence
| Neighborhood | Singles | M / F | Income | 1BR rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Fan | 16,320 | 50 / 50 | $33,173 | $1,406 |
| Church Hill | 14,688 | 49 / 51 | $37,420 | $1,287 |
| Manchester | 12,764 | 51 / 49 | $32,253 | $1,314 |
| Forest Hill | 11,818 | 46 / 54 | $42,811 | $1,372 |
| Fulton | 9,095 | 42 / 58 | $42,469 | $1,361 |
| Barton Heights | 6,620 | 44 / 56 | $35,102 | $1,246 |
| Bellevue | 5,558 | 53 / 47 | $42,987 | $1,362 |
| Carytown | 4,718 | 49 / 51 | $66,904 | $1,518 |
| Scotts Addition | 3,767 | 52 / 48 | $59,941 | $1,652 |
| Shockoe | 1,983 | 50 / 50 | $43,255 | $1,589 |
Local date spots
Real venues across Richmond, scraped from Google Maps and filterable by neighborhood. Ratings and review counts are live Google data — never paid placement.
- Manchester
The Boathouse at Rocketts Landing
- Shockoe
Casa Del Barco - Canal Walk
- Fulton
Island Shrimp Co. Rocketts Landing
- Scotts Addition
Can Can Brasserie
- Fulton
Fall Line Kitchen & Bar
- Manchester
Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant
- Scotts Addition
Stella's
- Forest Hill
O'Toole's Restaurant & Pub
- Manchester
Bookbinder's Seafood & Steakhouse
- Shockoe
Havana 59
- The Fan
GWARbar
- Shockoe
The Tobacco Company Restaurant
- Scotts Addition
Tazza Kitchen Scott's Addition
- Scotts Addition
Brambly Park
- Forest Hill
Little Nickel
- Carytown
Lolita's
- Manchester
Edo's Squid
- Shockoe
The Hard Shell
- Shockoe
Poe's Pub
- Carytown
East Coast Provisions
- Manchester
L'Opossum
- Scotts Addition
Lemaire
- Bellevue
Portico Restaurant
- Carytown
Les Crepes Carytown
- Church Hill
Bar Solita
- Manchester
The Roosevelt
- Manchester
Legend Brewing Co
- Carytown
Burtons Grill & Bar
- Carytown
Babe's of Carytown
- Scotts Addition
Historic Hofheimer Building