Garwood vs Springfield

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

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

Garwood has the higher population (4,688 vs 1,338 in Springfield). Springfield has the higher median household income ($177,045 vs $100,948 in Garwood). Springfield has the higher median home value ($580,900 vs $509,800 in Garwood).

Population, income & housing

	Garwood	Springfield
Population	4,688	1,338
Median age	42.7 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$100,948	$177,045
Median home value	$509,800	$580,900
Median gross rent	$1,603	$2,224
Housing units	2,093	492
Homeownership rate	54.8%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	66.3%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garwood	Springfield
Population	4,338 → 4,688 (+8.1%)	1,498 → 1,338 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$88,892 → $100,948 (+13.6%)	$103,523 → $177,045 (+71.0%)
Median home value	$380,800 → $509,800 (+33.9%)	$421,800 → $580,900 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,551 → $1,603 (+3.4%)	$1,774 → $2,224 (+25.4%)

Garwood

Population

4,3384,688

Median household income

$88,892$100,948

Median home value

$380,800$509,800

Median gross rent

$1,551$1,603

Springfield

Population

1,4981,338

Median household income

$103,523$177,045

Median home value

$421,800$580,900

Median gross rent

$1,774$2,224

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garwood	Springfield
Under 5	4.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.4%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	1.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	6.4%
35 to 44	16.9%	44.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	2.6%
75 and over	11.1%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garwood	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	26.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	44.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.1%	18.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garwood	Springfield
No high school diploma	4.2%	1.9%
High school graduate	26.7%	6.0%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	60.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garwood	Springfield
Drove alone	68.7%	88.3%
Carpooled	4.9%	1.6%
Public transit	7.8%	2.8%
Walked	3.6%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	7.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garwood	Springfield
1-unit, detached	44.8%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	37.5%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.0%	12.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garwood	Springfield
Poverty rate	9.2%	0.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1953	1954