Running Water vs Springfield

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

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

Springfield has the higher population (2,073 vs 80 in Running Water). Springfield has the higher median home value ($126,800 vs $9,999 in Running Water). Since 2019, Running Water's population has grown faster (+788.9% vs +0.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Running Water	Springfield
Population	80	2,073
Median age	76.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$59,063
Median home value	$9,999	$126,800
Median gross rent	—	$802
Housing units	53	405
Homeownership rate	90.6%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Running Water	Springfield
Population	9 → 80 (+788.9%)	2,056 → 2,073 (+0.8%)
Median household income	—	$43,897 → $59,063 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $9,999 (+0.0%)	$86,500 → $126,800 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$496 → $802 (+61.7%)

Running Water

Population

980

Median home value

$9,999$9,999

Springfield

Population

2,0562,073

Median household income

$43,897$59,063

Median home value

$86,500$126,800

Median gross rent

$496$802

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Running Water	Springfield
Under 5	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	2.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.6%
25 to 34	2.5%	26.9%
35 to 44	22.5%	17.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	15.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.1%
75 and over	51.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Running Water	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	62.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	19.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Running Water	Springfield
No high school diploma	0.0%	18.0%
High school graduate	28.7%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Running Water	Springfield
Drove alone	79.4%	61.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	25.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Running Water	Springfield
1-unit, detached	52.8%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	47.2%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Running Water	Springfield
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.2%
Average household size	1.51	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1986	1957