Minden vs Springhill

A side-by-side comparison of Minden and Springhill: population, income, housing, and more.

Minden and Springhill are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Minden has the higher population (11,604 vs 4,659 in Springhill). Minden has the higher median household income ($29,597 vs $28,223 in Springhill). Minden has the higher median home value ($116,700 vs $102,200 in Springhill).

Population, income & housing

	Minden	Springhill
Population	11,604	4,659
Median age	38.7 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$29,597	$28,223
Median home value	$116,700	$102,200
Median gross rent	$803	$780
Housing units	5,739	2,454
Homeownership rate	53.7%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minden	Springhill
Population	12,274 → 11,604 (-5.5%)	4,943 → 4,659 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$24,894 → $29,597 (+18.9%)	$20,690 → $28,223 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$97,200 → $116,700 (+20.1%)	$62,900 → $102,200 (+62.5%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $803 (+4.8%)	$647 → $780 (+20.6%)

Minden

Population

12,27411,604

Median household income

$24,894$29,597

Median home value

$97,200$116,700

Median gross rent

$766$803

Springhill

Population

4,9434,659

Median household income

$20,690$28,223

Median home value

$62,900$102,200

Median gross rent

$647$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Minden	Springhill
Under 5	6.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.5%	21.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	5.4%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	14.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.9%
75 and over	8.4%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minden	Springhill
White (non-Hispanic)	44.1%	55.3%
Black or African American	50.4%	34.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minden	Springhill
No high school diploma	15.1%	21.9%
High school graduate	39.9%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minden	Springhill
Drove alone	85.1%	66.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	6.7%	14.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minden	Springhill
1-unit, detached	78.2%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	5.8%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Minden	Springhill
Poverty rate	34.6%	34.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1969	1966