New Ulm vs Springfield

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

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

New Ulm has the higher population (14,066 vs 2,209 in Springfield). New Ulm has the higher median household income ($63,984 vs $59,412 in Springfield). New Ulm has the higher median home value ($192,700 vs $117,600 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	New Ulm	Springfield
Population	14,066	2,209
Median age	40.3 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,984	$59,412
Median home value	$192,700	$117,600
Median gross rent	$974	$781
Housing units	6,306	1,020
Homeownership rate	74.6%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Ulm	Springfield
Population	13,242 → 14,066 (+6.2%)	2,030 → 2,209 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$61,597 → $63,984 (+3.9%)	$54,455 → $59,412 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$141,300 → $192,700 (+36.4%)	$87,300 → $117,600 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $974 (+51.5%)	$600 → $781 (+30.2%)

New Ulm

Population

13,24214,066

Median household income

$61,597$63,984

Median home value

$141,300$192,700

Median gross rent

$643$974

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)

	New Ulm	Springfield
Under 5	4.9%	8.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	18.1%
18 to 24	11.5%	5.1%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	7.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.1%
75 and over	10.0%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Ulm	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.8%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Ulm	Springfield
No high school diploma	8.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	34.9%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Ulm	Springfield
Drove alone	79.9%	78.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	8.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	6.5%	7.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Ulm	Springfield
1-unit, detached	73.9%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	8.0%
20 or more units	9.4%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Ulm	Springfield
Poverty rate	8.7%	9.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	12	22
Median year structure built	1965	1950