Oppelo vs Springfield

A side-by-side comparison of Oppelo and Springfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Oppelo and Springfield are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oppelo has the higher population (1,033 vs 377 in Springfield). Springfield has the higher median household income ($72,426 vs $65,813 in Oppelo). Since 2019, Springfield's population has grown faster (+109.4% vs +54.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Oppelo	Springfield
Population	1,033	377
Median age	41.4 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,813	$72,426
Median home value	$124,700	—
Median gross rent	$749	—
Housing units	428	159
Homeownership rate	76.2%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oppelo	Springfield
Population	669 → 1,033 (+54.4%)	180 → 377 (+109.4%)
Median household income	$50,536 → $65,813 (+30.2%)	$83,205 → $72,426 (-13.0%)
Median home value	$92,000 → $124,700 (+35.5%)	$133,200 → $154,900 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $749 (-3.4%)	—

Oppelo

Population

6691,033

Median household income

$50,536$65,813

Median home value

$92,000$124,700

Median gross rent

$775$749

Springfield

Population

180377

Median household income

$83,205$72,426

Median home value

$133,200$154,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oppelo	Springfield
Under 5	5.0%	11.7%
5 to 17	10.8%	11.9%
18 to 24	5.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	21.6%	25.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	8.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.7%	19.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.7%
75 and over	5.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oppelo	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	80.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	19.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oppelo	Springfield
No high school diploma	6.7%	5.9%
High school graduate	51.8%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oppelo	Springfield
Drove alone	89.0%	88.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	11.7%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oppelo	Springfield
1-unit, detached	79.7%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Oppelo	Springfield
Poverty rate	12.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.67	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1979	1991