Albion vs Springfield

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

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

Albion has the higher population (7,608 vs 5,295 in Springfield). Springfield has the higher median household income ($43,681 vs $40,040 in Albion). Springfield has the higher median home value ($105,300 vs $91,100 in Albion).

Population, income & housing

	Albion	Springfield
Population	7,608	5,295
Median age	25.6 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,040	$43,681
Median home value	$91,100	$105,300
Median gross rent	$769	$851
Housing units	2,901	2,413
Homeownership rate	61.6%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albion	Springfield
Population	8,336 → 7,608 (-8.7%)	5,193 → 5,295 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$34,467 → $40,040 (+16.2%)	$39,439 → $43,681 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$56,800 → $91,100 (+60.4%)	$73,700 → $105,300 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $769 (+13.1%)	$658 → $851 (+29.3%)

Albion

Population

8,3367,608

Median household income

$34,467$40,040

Median home value

$56,800$91,100

Median gross rent

$680$769

Springfield

Population

5,1935,295

Median household income

$39,439$43,681

Median home value

$73,700$105,300

Median gross rent

$658$851

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albion	Springfield
Under 5	6.9%	8.6%
5 to 17	18.5%	22.2%
18 to 24	24.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.8%	17.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	10.3%
45 to 54	6.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.4%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	6.6%
75 and over	5.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albion	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	56.2%	66.1%
Black or African American	32.0%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.4%
Asian	0.4%	9.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albion	Springfield
No high school diploma	12.3%	15.7%
High school graduate	38.7%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albion	Springfield
Drove alone	68.8%	87.7%
Carpooled	5.7%	7.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.7%
Walked	11.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	0.2%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albion	Springfield
1-unit, detached	73.6%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	13.1%
20 or more units	4.2%	18.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Albion	Springfield
Poverty rate	27.2%	22.1%
Average household size	2.56	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1940	1969