Leicester vs Springwater

A side-by-side comparison of Leicester and Springwater: population, income, housing, and more.

Leicester and Springwater are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Leicester has the higher population (593 vs 418 in Springwater). Leicester has the higher median household income ($78,333 vs $60,909 in Springwater). Leicester has the higher median home value ($133,900 vs $116,300 in Springwater).

Population, income & housing

	Leicester	Springwater
Population	593	418
Median age	35.2 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,333	$60,909
Median home value	$133,900	$116,300
Median gross rent	$1,040	$1,058
Housing units	220	266
Homeownership rate	78.1%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leicester	Springwater
Population	518 → 593 (+14.5%)	460 → 418 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$69,063 → $78,333 (+13.4%)	$60,853 → $60,909 (+0.1%)
Median home value	$114,000 → $133,900 (+17.5%)	$113,200 → $116,300 (+2.7%)
Median gross rent	$911 → $1,040 (+14.2%)	$943 → $1,058 (+12.2%)

Leicester

Population

518593

Median household income

$69,063$78,333

Median home value

$114,000$133,900

Median gross rent

$911$1,040

Springwater

Population

460418

Median household income

$60,853$60,909

Median home value

$113,200$116,300

Median gross rent

$943$1,058

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leicester	Springwater
Under 5	5.7%	1.7%
5 to 17	26.8%	9.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	11.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	7.2%
35 to 44	8.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	6.2%
55 to 64	11.5%	36.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.1%
75 and over	7.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leicester	Springwater
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	12.1%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leicester	Springwater
No high school diploma	8.6%	7.5%
High school graduate	27.6%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leicester	Springwater
Drove alone	86.8%	84.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leicester	Springwater
1-unit, detached	74.1%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	25.6%

Poverty & households

	Leicester	Springwater
Poverty rate	20.0%	30.4%
Average household size	2.82	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1956	1971