Brownlee Park vs Springfield

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

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

Springfield has the higher population (5,295 vs 2,037 in Brownlee Park). Springfield has the higher median household income ($43,681 vs $31,653 in Brownlee Park). Springfield has the higher median home value ($105,300 vs $73,200 in Brownlee Park).

Population, income & housing

	Brownlee Park	Springfield
Population	2,037	5,295
Median age	41.2 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$31,653	$43,681
Median home value	$73,200	$105,300
Median gross rent	$587	$851
Housing units	865	2,413
Homeownership rate	69.6%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownlee Park	Springfield
Population	1,686 → 2,037 (+20.8%)	5,193 → 5,295 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$29,493 → $31,653 (+7.3%)	$39,439 → $43,681 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$47,600 → $73,200 (+53.8%)	$73,700 → $105,300 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $587 (-25.5%)	$658 → $851 (+29.3%)

Brownlee Park

Population

1,6862,037

Median household income

$29,493$31,653

Median home value

$47,600$73,200

Median gross rent

$788$587

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)

	Brownlee Park	Springfield
Under 5	6.2%	8.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	22.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.2%	17.2%
35 to 44	15.8%	10.3%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	10.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	6.6%
75 and over	3.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownlee Park	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	66.1%
Black or African American	5.1%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	9.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownlee Park	Springfield
No high school diploma	29.0%	15.7%
High school graduate	38.0%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownlee Park	Springfield
Drove alone	92.1%	87.7%
Carpooled	3.9%	7.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownlee Park	Springfield
1-unit, detached	84.2%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	18.0%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownlee Park	Springfield
Poverty rate	35.5%	22.1%
Average household size	2.75	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1951	1969