Lower Grand Lagoon vs Springfield

A side-by-side comparison of Lower Grand Lagoon and Springfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Lower Grand Lagoon and Springfield are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Springfield has the higher population (8,157 vs 4,305 in Lower Grand Lagoon). Lower Grand Lagoon has the higher median household income ($77,639 vs $51,640 in Springfield). Lower Grand Lagoon has the higher median home value ($347,300 vs $177,500 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Lower Grand Lagoon	Springfield
Population	4,305	8,157
Median age	54.0 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,639	$51,640
Median home value	$347,300	$177,500
Median gross rent	$1,235	$1,329
Housing units	7,107	3,850
Homeownership rate	68.3%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lower Grand Lagoon	Springfield
Population	4,584 → 4,305 (-6.1%)	9,319 → 8,157 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$51,028 → $77,639 (+52.1%)	$38,841 → $51,640 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$232,600 → $347,300 (+49.3%)	$111,700 → $177,500 (+58.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,235 (+16.2%)	$886 → $1,329 (+50.0%)

Lower Grand Lagoon

Population

4,5844,305

Median household income

$51,028$77,639

Median home value

$232,600$347,300

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,235

Springfield

Population

9,3198,157

Median household income

$38,841$51,640

Median home value

$111,700$177,500

Median gross rent

$886$1,329

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lower Grand Lagoon	Springfield
Under 5	3.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	4.0%	11.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	10.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.3%	15.0%
45 to 54	18.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	19.7%	12.1%
65 to 74	18.2%	14.0%
75 and over	9.9%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lower Grand Lagoon	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	61.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	17.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.9%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lower Grand Lagoon	Springfield
No high school diploma	6.1%	17.1%
High school graduate	22.7%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lower Grand Lagoon	Springfield
Drove alone	71.0%	72.6%
Carpooled	6.5%	16.9%
Public transit	3.0%	1.3%
Walked	1.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	18.4%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lower Grand Lagoon	Springfield
1-unit, detached	25.5%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	4.6%
20 or more units	45.6%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	26.1%

Poverty & households

	Lower Grand Lagoon	Springfield
Poverty rate	13.3%	17.2%
Average household size	1.78	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1987	1984