Spring Bay vs Washburn

A side-by-side comparison of Spring Bay and Washburn: population, income, housing, and more.

Spring Bay and Washburn are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Washburn has the higher population (1,026 vs 519 in Spring Bay). Washburn has the higher median household income ($79,306 vs $61,111 in Spring Bay). Spring Bay has the higher median home value ($134,900 vs $90,700 in Washburn).

Population, income & housing

	Spring Bay	Washburn
Population	519	1,026
Median age	42.9 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,111	$79,306
Median home value	$134,900	$90,700
Median gross rent	$1,083	$900
Housing units	215	485
Homeownership rate	64.9%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spring Bay	Washburn
Population	407 → 519 (+27.5%)	1,148 → 1,026 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$37,143 → $61,111 (+64.5%)	$52,586 → $79,306 (+50.8%)
Median home value	$129,800 → $134,900 (+3.9%)	$80,500 → $90,700 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,083 (+20.3%)	$756 → $900 (+19.0%)

Spring Bay

Population

407519

Median household income

$37,143$61,111

Median home value

$129,800$134,900

Median gross rent

$900$1,083

Washburn

Population

1,1481,026

Median household income

$52,586$79,306

Median home value

$80,500$90,700

Median gross rent

$756$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spring Bay	Washburn
Under 5	6.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	10.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	17.9%	11.9%
75 and over	3.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spring Bay	Washburn
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spring Bay	Washburn
No high school diploma	5.5%	6.3%
High school graduate	54.2%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spring Bay	Washburn
Drove alone	81.7%	84.1%
Carpooled	6.6%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spring Bay	Washburn
1-unit, detached	85.6%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Spring Bay	Washburn
Poverty rate	17.0%	9.0%
Average household size	2.57	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	22	39
Median year structure built	1970	1938