Battlefield vs Springfield

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

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

Springfield has the higher population (169,432 vs 6,095 in Battlefield). Battlefield has the higher median household income ($87,414 vs $45,984 in Springfield). Battlefield has the higher median home value ($207,100 vs $165,200 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Battlefield	Springfield
Population	6,095	169,432
Median age	40.8 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,414	$45,984
Median home value	$207,100	$165,200
Median gross rent	$931	$920
Housing units	2,592	83,980
Homeownership rate	85.2%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Battlefield	Springfield
Population	6,240 → 6,095 (-2.3%)	167,051 → 169,432 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$61,373 → $87,414 (+42.4%)	$36,856 → $45,984 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$157,600 → $207,100 (+31.4%)	$118,100 → $165,200 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $931 (+20.4%)	$744 → $920 (+23.7%)

Battlefield

Population

6,2406,095

Median household income

$61,373$87,414

Median home value

$157,600$207,100

Median gross rent

$773$931

Springfield

Population

167,051169,432

Median household income

$36,856$45,984

Median home value

$118,100$165,200

Median gross rent

$744$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Battlefield	Springfield
Under 5	6.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.3%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	18.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	15.8%
35 to 44	15.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	14.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	10.5%
65 to 74	13.8%	8.6%
75 and over	4.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Battlefield	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.2%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Battlefield	Springfield
No high school diploma	1.6%	7.9%
High school graduate	22.3%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Battlefield	Springfield
Drove alone	76.0%	76.7%
Carpooled	5.3%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	17.9%	9.0%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Battlefield	Springfield
1-unit, detached	89.6%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.4%
20 or more units	4.4%	14.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Battlefield	Springfield
Poverty rate	5.8%	19.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	2000	1976