Lake Milton vs New Springfield

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Milton and New Springfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Springfield has the higher population (639 vs 533 in Lake Milton). Lake Milton has the higher median home value ($391,200 vs $104,500 in New Springfield). Since 2019, New Springfield's population has grown faster (+78.0% vs -16.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Milton	New Springfield
Population	533	639
Median age	47.7 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$94,000	—
Median home value	$391,200	$104,500
Median gross rent	$817	$830
Housing units	452	272
Homeownership rate	87.1%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Milton	New Springfield
Population	635 → 533 (-16.1%)	359 → 639 (+78.0%)
Median household income	$39,056 → $94,000 (+140.7%)	$42,850 → $45,804 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$122,700 → $391,200 (+218.8%)	$86,400 → $104,500 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $817 (+10.4%)	$687 → $830 (+20.8%)

Lake Milton

Population

635533

Median household income

$39,056$94,000

Median home value

$122,700$391,200

Median gross rent

$740$817

New Springfield

Population

359639

Median household income

$42,850$45,804

Median home value

$86,400$104,500

Median gross rent

$687$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Milton	New Springfield
Under 5	11.8%	14.7%
5 to 17	7.9%	21.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.9%
25 to 34	15.2%	19.4%
35 to 44	6.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	3.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	8.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.0%
75 and over	14.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Milton	New Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Milton	New Springfield
No high school diploma	1.5%	7.6%
High school graduate	33.8%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Milton	New Springfield
Drove alone	82.8%	60.3%
Carpooled	7.6%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	24.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Milton	New Springfield
1-unit, detached	68.4%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	26.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake Milton	New Springfield
Poverty rate	8.1%	49.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1965	2000