Comfrey vs Springfield

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

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

Springfield has the higher population (2,209 vs 297 in Comfrey). Comfrey has the higher median household income ($60,750 vs $59,412 in Springfield). Springfield has the higher median home value ($117,600 vs $93,300 in Comfrey).

Population, income & housing

	Comfrey	Springfield
Population	297	2,209
Median age	42.9 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,750	$59,412
Median home value	$93,300	$117,600
Median gross rent	$625	$781
Housing units	178	1,020
Homeownership rate	82.5%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comfrey	Springfield
Population	375 → 297 (-20.8%)	2,030 → 2,209 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$51,750 → $60,750 (+17.4%)	$54,455 → $59,412 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $93,300 (+13.8%)	$87,300 → $117,600 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $625 (+11.0%)	$600 → $781 (+30.2%)

Comfrey

Population

375297

Median household income

$51,750$60,750

Median home value

$82,000$93,300

Median gross rent

$563$625

Springfield

Population

2,0302,209

Median household income

$54,455$59,412

Median home value

$87,300$117,600

Median gross rent

$600$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Comfrey	Springfield
Under 5	4.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	18.1%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	9.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	15.8%	9.1%
45 to 54	9.1%	7.4%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.1%
75 and over	11.4%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comfrey	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Comfrey	Springfield
No high school diploma	4.8%	9.1%
High school graduate	41.4%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comfrey	Springfield
Drove alone	91.5%	78.3%
Carpooled	0.7%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	5.4%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.8%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Comfrey	Springfield
1-unit, detached	90.4%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Comfrey	Springfield
Poverty rate	11.1%	9.4%
Average household size	2.08	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1948	1950