Sleepy Eye vs Springfield

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

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

Sleepy Eye has the higher population (3,438 vs 2,209 in Springfield). Sleepy Eye has the higher median household income ($64,811 vs $59,412 in Springfield). Sleepy Eye has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $117,600 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Sleepy Eye	Springfield
Population	3,438	2,209
Median age	41.7 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,811	$59,412
Median home value	$138,500	$117,600
Median gross rent	$757	$781
Housing units	1,654	1,020
Homeownership rate	82.7%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sleepy Eye	Springfield
Population	3,401 → 3,438 (+1.1%)	2,030 → 2,209 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$52,328 → $64,811 (+23.9%)	$54,455 → $59,412 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$119,000 → $138,500 (+16.4%)	$87,300 → $117,600 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $757 (+30.5%)	$600 → $781 (+30.2%)

Sleepy Eye

Population

3,4013,438

Median household income

$52,328$64,811

Median home value

$119,000$138,500

Median gross rent

$580$757

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)

	Sleepy Eye	Springfield
Under 5	7.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	14.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.1%
25 to 34	10.1%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	9.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	7.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.7%
65 to 74	13.2%	9.1%
75 and over	7.9%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sleepy Eye	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sleepy Eye	Springfield
No high school diploma	5.9%	9.1%
High school graduate	36.6%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sleepy Eye	Springfield
Drove alone	87.0%	78.3%
Carpooled	2.8%	8.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.8%
Worked from home	5.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sleepy Eye	Springfield
1-unit, detached	80.5%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	8.0%
20 or more units	6.3%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sleepy Eye	Springfield
Poverty rate	7.7%	9.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1958	1950