East Worcester vs Springfield Center

A side-by-side comparison of East Worcester and Springfield Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Springfield Center has the higher population (297 vs 265 in East Worcester). East Worcester has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $60,208 in Springfield Center). Springfield Center has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $97,500 in East Worcester).

Population, income & housing

	East Worcester	Springfield Center
Population	265	297
Median age	42.9 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$60,208
Median home value	$97,500	$125,000
Housing units	164	143
Homeownership rate	90.4%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Worcester	Springfield Center
Population	231 → 265 (+14.7%)	392 → 297 (-24.2%)
Median household income	$60,893 → $73,750 (+21.1%)	$53,333 → $60,208 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$85,600 → $97,500 (+13.9%)	$162,800 → $125,000 (-23.2%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $1,173 (+25.1%)	$673 → $717 (+6.5%)

East Worcester

Population

231265

Median household income

$60,893$73,750

Median home value

$85,600$97,500

Median gross rent

$938$1,173

Springfield Center

Population

392297

Median household income

$53,333$60,208

Median home value

$162,800$125,000

Median gross rent

$673$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Worcester	Springfield Center
Under 5	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 17	16.2%	25.6%
18 to 24	9.4%	14.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.7%
35 to 44	25.7%	22.6%
45 to 54	3.8%	6.4%
55 to 64	20.8%	6.7%
65 to 74	20.0%	10.8%
75 and over	4.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Worcester	Springfield Center
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	24.2%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Worcester	Springfield Center
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.3%
High school graduate	50.3%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Worcester	Springfield Center
Drove alone	69.1%	78.7%
Carpooled	30.9%	19.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Worcester	Springfield Center
1-unit, detached	75.6%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	24.4%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	East Worcester	Springfield Center
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.3%
Average household size	2.82	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1938	1938