Papillion vs Springfield

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

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

Papillion has the higher population (24,063 vs 1,620 in Springfield). Papillion has the higher median household income ($109,602 vs $92,153 in Springfield). Papillion has the higher median home value ($290,900 vs $237,300 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Papillion	Springfield
Population	24,063	1,620
Median age	40.6 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$109,602	$92,153
Median home value	$290,900	$237,300
Median gross rent	$1,210	$1,137
Housing units	9,509	626
Homeownership rate	71.2%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.1%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Papillion	Springfield
Population	20,423 → 24,063 (+17.8%)	1,466 → 1,620 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$80,619 → $109,602 (+36.0%)	$72,679 → $92,153 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$189,900 → $290,900 (+53.2%)	$149,900 → $237,300 (+58.3%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $1,210 (+32.0%)	$907 → $1,137 (+25.4%)

Papillion

Population

20,42324,063

Median household income

$80,619$109,602

Median home value

$189,900$290,900

Median gross rent

$917$1,210

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)

	Papillion	Springfield
Under 5	5.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.1%	22.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	4.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.3%
75 and over	7.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Papillion	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	94.3%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Papillion	Springfield
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	16.3%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Papillion	Springfield
Drove alone	78.5%	84.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	3.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	9.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Papillion	Springfield
1-unit, detached	76.7%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	4.6%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Papillion	Springfield
Poverty rate	4.2%	4.6%
Average household size	2.57	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1990	1975