Chalco vs Springfield

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

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

Chalco has the higher population (10,625 vs 1,620 in Springfield). Springfield has the higher median household income ($92,153 vs $81,427 in Chalco). Springfield has the higher median home value ($237,300 vs $224,400 in Chalco).

Population, income & housing

	Chalco	Springfield
Population	10,625	1,620
Median age	35.1 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,427	$92,153
Median home value	$224,400	$237,300
Median gross rent	$1,103	$1,137
Housing units	4,359	626
Homeownership rate	72.6%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chalco	Springfield
Population	10,952 → 10,625 (-3.0%)	1,466 → 1,620 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$80,896 → $81,427 (+0.7%)	$72,679 → $92,153 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$153,100 → $224,400 (+46.6%)	$149,900 → $237,300 (+58.3%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,103 (+28.9%)	$907 → $1,137 (+25.4%)

Chalco

Population

10,95210,625

Median household income

$80,896$81,427

Median home value

$153,100$224,400

Median gross rent

$856$1,103

Springfield

Population

1,4661,620

Median household income

$72,679$92,153

Median home value

$149,900$237,300

Median gross rent

$907$1,137

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chalco	Springfield
Under 5	5.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	22.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	4.4%
25 to 34	18.8%	15.7%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.0%	10.3%
75 and over	2.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chalco	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.2%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	2.6%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chalco	Springfield
No high school diploma	3.5%	3.2%
High school graduate	26.0%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chalco	Springfield
Drove alone	85.7%	84.5%
Carpooled	4.9%	3.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	9.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chalco	Springfield
1-unit, detached	75.2%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	4.6%
20 or more units	15.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Chalco	Springfield
Poverty rate	5.6%	4.6%
Average household size	2.44	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1989	1975