Searles vs Springfield

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

Searles 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 211 in Searles). Searles has the higher median household income ($79,375 vs $59,412 in Springfield). Searles has the higher median home value ($169,200 vs $117,600 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Searles	Springfield
Population	211	2,209
Median age	44.6 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,375	$59,412
Median home value	$169,200	$117,600
Median gross rent	—	$781
Housing units	89	1,020
Homeownership rate	100.0%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Searles	Springfield
Population	270 → 211 (-21.9%)	2,030 → 2,209 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$82,917 → $79,375 (-4.3%)	$54,455 → $59,412 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$154,500 → $169,200 (+9.5%)	$87,300 → $117,600 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$600 → $781 (+30.2%)

Searles

Population

270211

Median household income

$82,917$79,375

Median home value

$154,500$169,200

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)

	Searles	Springfield
Under 5	6.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	18.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	14.7%	9.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	7.4%
55 to 64	18.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	17.1%	9.1%
75 and over	1.9%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Searles	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	6.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Searles	Springfield
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	30.4%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	44.3%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Searles	Springfield
Drove alone	75.4%	78.3%
Carpooled	19.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	1.6%	7.4%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Searles	Springfield
1-unit, detached	95.5%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Searles	Springfield
Poverty rate	1.4%	9.4%
Average household size	2.31	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1966	1950