New Springfield vs Petersburg

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

New Springfield and Petersburg 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 308 in Petersburg). New Springfield has the higher median home value ($104,500 vs $88,900 in Petersburg). Since 2019, New Springfield's population has grown faster (+78.0% vs -34.7%).

Population, income & housing

	New Springfield	Petersburg
Population	639	308
Median age	32.1 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median home value	$104,500	$88,900
Median gross rent	$830	—
Housing units	272	110
Homeownership rate	31.6%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Springfield	Petersburg
Population	359 → 639 (+78.0%)	472 → 308 (-34.7%)
Median household income	$42,850 → $45,804 (+6.9%)	$41,823 → $46,667 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$86,400 → $104,500 (+20.9%)	$93,500 → $88,900 (-4.9%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $830 (+20.8%)	—

New Springfield

Population

359639

Median household income

$42,850$45,804

Median home value

$86,400$104,500

Median gross rent

$687$830

Petersburg

Population

472308

Median household income

$41,823$46,667

Median home value

$93,500$88,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Springfield	Petersburg
Under 5	14.7%	20.5%
5 to 17	21.6%	9.1%
18 to 24	5.9%	11.0%
25 to 34	19.4%	26.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	1.3%
45 to 54	3.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	8.0%	17.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	3.6%
75 and over	7.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Springfield	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.5%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Springfield	Petersburg
No high school diploma	7.6%	6.0%
High school graduate	38.2%	51.9%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Springfield	Petersburg
Drove alone	60.3%	72.0%
Carpooled	15.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.3%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Springfield	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	57.4%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.8%	28.2%

Poverty & households

	New Springfield	Petersburg
Poverty rate	49.3%	41.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	23	13
Median year structure built	2000	1975