Springfield vs Strafford

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

Springfield and Strafford 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 2,609 in Strafford). Strafford has the higher median household income ($60,670 vs $45,984 in Springfield). Springfield has the higher median home value ($165,200 vs $148,100 in Strafford).

Population, income & housing

	Springfield	Strafford
Population	169,432	2,609
Median age	33.6 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$45,984	$60,670
Median home value	$165,200	$148,100
Median gross rent	$920	$767
Housing units	83,980	985
Homeownership rate	42.9%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Springfield	Strafford
Population	167,051 → 169,432 (+1.4%)	2,100 → 2,609 (+24.2%)
Median household income	$36,856 → $45,984 (+24.8%)	$45,811 → $60,670 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$118,100 → $165,200 (+39.9%)	$129,600 → $148,100 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $920 (+23.7%)	$830 → $767 (-7.6%)

Springfield

Population

167,051169,432

Median household income

$36,856$45,984

Median home value

$118,100$165,200

Median gross rent

$744$920

Strafford

Population

2,1002,609

Median household income

$45,811$60,670

Median home value

$129,600$148,100

Median gross rent

$830$767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Springfield	Strafford
Under 5	5.1%	12.3%
5 to 17	12.7%	23.0%
18 to 24	18.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	15.8%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	16.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	4.3%
75 and over	7.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Springfield	Strafford
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	90.2%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Springfield	Strafford
No high school diploma	7.9%	10.2%
High school graduate	28.7%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Springfield	Strafford
Drove alone	76.7%	84.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	7.1%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	8.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Springfield	Strafford
1-unit, detached	61.3%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.5%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Springfield	Strafford
Poverty rate	19.4%	17.0%
Average household size	2.01	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1976	1993