Santa Clara vs Springfield

A side-by-side comparison of Santa Clara and Springfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Santa Clara and Springfield are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Springfield has the higher population (61,642 vs 10,623 in Santa Clara). Santa Clara has the higher median household income ($82,530 vs $67,211 in Springfield). Santa Clara has the higher median home value ($381,700 vs $323,800 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Santa Clara	Springfield
Population	10,623	61,642
Median age	45.8 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,530	$67,211
Median home value	$381,700	$323,800
Median gross rent	$1,571	$1,201
Housing units	4,625	25,485
Homeownership rate	78.4%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Santa Clara	Springfield
Population	11,020 → 10,623 (-3.6%)	62,077 → 61,642 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$70,048 → $82,530 (+17.8%)	$47,695 → $67,211 (+40.9%)
Median home value	$263,000 → $381,700 (+45.1%)	$204,700 → $323,800 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,317 → $1,571 (+19.3%)	$929 → $1,201 (+29.3%)

Santa Clara

Population

11,02010,623

Median household income

$70,048$82,530

Median home value

$263,000$381,700

Median gross rent

$1,317$1,571

Springfield

Population

62,07761,642

Median household income

$47,695$67,211

Median home value

$204,700$323,800

Median gross rent

$929$1,201

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Santa Clara	Springfield
Under 5	3.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.9%	16.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	9.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	16.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	13.8%	10.2%
75 and over	8.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Santa Clara	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	75.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	1.1%
Asian	1.6%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.6%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Santa Clara	Springfield
No high school diploma	3.7%	10.1%
High school graduate	31.7%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Santa Clara	Springfield
Drove alone	71.2%	71.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	11.4%
Public transit	0.4%	2.6%
Walked	0.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	1.2%	1.8%
Worked from home	17.5%	8.9%
Other means	1.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Santa Clara	Springfield
1-unit, detached	92.3%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.2%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Santa Clara	Springfield
Poverty rate	10.1%	15.5%
Average household size	2.44	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1969	1976