East Springfield vs Empire

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

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

Empire has the higher population (264 vs 65 in East Springfield). Since 2019, Empire's population has grown faster (+14.3% vs -75.4%).

Population, income & housing

	East Springfield	Empire
Population	65	264
Median age	87.1 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$57,708
Median home value	—	$57,900
Median gross rent	—	$781
Housing units	31	121
Homeownership rate	100.0%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Springfield	Empire
Population	264 → 65 (-75.4%)	231 → 264 (+14.3%)
Median household income	$55,382 → $49,917 (-9.9%)	$49,896 → $57,708 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$80,300 → $94,600 (+17.8%)	$55,800 → $57,900 (+3.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$539 → $781 (+44.9%)

East Springfield

Population

26465

Median household income

$55,382$49,917

Median home value

$80,300$94,600

Empire

Population

231264

Median household income

$49,896$57,708

Median home value

$55,800$57,900

Median gross rent

$539$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Springfield	Empire
Under 5	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	47.7%	6.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	0.0%	18.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.7%
75 and over	52.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Springfield	Empire
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Springfield	Empire
No high school diploma	27.7%	9.5%
High school graduate	24.6%	57.0%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Springfield	Empire
Drove alone	100.0%	92.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Springfield	Empire
1-unit, detached	100.0%	54.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	45.5%

Poverty & households

	East Springfield	Empire
Poverty rate	24.6%	19.3%
Average household size	2.10	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	—	1958