Rowesville vs Springfield

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

Rowesville and Springfield are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Springfield has the higher population (434 vs 406 in Rowesville). Springfield has the higher median household income ($44,583 vs $28,125 in Rowesville). Rowesville has the higher median home value ($114,200 vs $78,200 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Rowesville	Springfield
Population	406	434
Median age	55.1 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$28,125	$44,583
Median home value	$114,200	$78,200
Median gross rent	$738	$814
Housing units	231	207
Homeownership rate	50.6%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rowesville	Springfield
Population	259 → 406 (+56.8%)	476 → 434 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$46,071 → $28,125 (-39.0%)	$33,661 → $44,583 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$85,500 → $114,200 (+33.6%)	$87,900 → $78,200 (-11.0%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $738 (+17.3%)	$589 → $814 (+38.2%)

Rowesville

Population

259406

Median household income

$46,071$28,125

Median home value

$85,500$114,200

Median gross rent

$629$738

Springfield

Population

476434

Median household income

$33,661$44,583

Median home value

$87,900$78,200

Median gross rent

$589$814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rowesville	Springfield
Under 5	3.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.5%	25.1%
18 to 24	1.2%	9.9%
25 to 34	12.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	6.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	32.8%	7.4%
65 to 74	14.0%	12.4%
75 and over	3.9%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rowesville	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	29.3%	60.1%
Black or African American	70.7%	36.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rowesville	Springfield
No high school diploma	38.6%	12.6%
High school graduate	29.2%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rowesville	Springfield
Drove alone	76.1%	86.9%
Carpooled	11.9%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	2.3%
Other means	5.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rowesville	Springfield
1-unit, detached	70.1%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.9%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Rowesville	Springfield
Poverty rate	18.7%	22.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	23	39
Median year structure built	1964	1972