Springfield vs Upper Grand Lagoon

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

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

Upper Grand Lagoon has the higher population (17,162 vs 8,157 in Springfield). Upper Grand Lagoon has the higher median household income ($73,438 vs $51,640 in Springfield). Upper Grand Lagoon has the higher median home value ($351,400 vs $177,500 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Springfield	Upper Grand Lagoon
Population	8,157	17,162
Median age	41.9 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,640	$73,438
Median home value	$177,500	$351,400
Median gross rent	$1,329	$1,570
Housing units	3,850	9,214
Homeownership rate	69.6%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Springfield	Upper Grand Lagoon
Population	9,319 → 8,157 (-12.5%)	17,550 → 17,162 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$38,841 → $51,640 (+33.0%)	$59,698 → $73,438 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$111,700 → $177,500 (+58.9%)	$229,000 → $351,400 (+53.4%)
Median gross rent	$886 → $1,329 (+50.0%)	$1,198 → $1,570 (+31.1%)

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

Upper Grand Lagoon

Population

17,55017,162

Median household income

$59,698$73,438

Median home value

$229,000$351,400

Median gross rent

$1,198$1,570

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Springfield	Upper Grand Lagoon
Under 5	5.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	10.7%	4.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.1%	17.2%
65 to 74	14.0%	13.8%
75 and over	8.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Springfield	Upper Grand Lagoon
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	77.1%
Black or African American	17.2%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	4.7%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.2%
Two or more races	7.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Springfield	Upper Grand Lagoon
No high school diploma	17.1%	2.3%
High school graduate	41.7%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Springfield	Upper Grand Lagoon
Drove alone	72.6%	78.5%
Carpooled	16.9%	7.6%
Public transit	1.3%	0.8%
Walked	0.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.6%
Worked from home	6.7%	10.4%
Other means	1.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Springfield	Upper Grand Lagoon
1-unit, detached	51.9%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	10.5%
20 or more units	3.2%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	26.1%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Springfield	Upper Grand Lagoon
Poverty rate	17.2%	8.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1984	1996