Springfield vs White River Junction

A side-by-side comparison of Springfield and White River Junction: population, income, housing, and more.

Springfield and White River Junction are places in Vermont. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Springfield has the higher population (3,882 vs 2,878 in White River Junction). White River Junction has the higher median household income ($73,546 vs $44,375 in Springfield). White River Junction has the higher median home value ($250,700 vs $138,400 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Springfield	White River Junction
Population	3,882	2,878
Median age	42.5 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,375	$73,546
Median home value	$138,400	$250,700
Median gross rent	$726	$1,116
Housing units	2,102	1,308
Homeownership rate	50.2%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Springfield	White River Junction
Population	3,793 → 3,882 (+2.3%)	2,209 → 2,878 (+30.3%)
Median household income	$37,273 → $44,375 (+19.1%)	$45,000 → $73,546 (+63.4%)
Median home value	$133,900 → $138,400 (+3.4%)	$213,600 → $250,700 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $726 (-14.2%)	$922 → $1,116 (+21.0%)

Springfield

Population

3,7933,882

Median household income

$37,273$44,375

Median home value

$133,900$138,400

Median gross rent

$846$726

White River Junction

Population

2,2092,878

Median household income

$45,000$73,546

Median home value

$213,600$250,700

Median gross rent

$922$1,116

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Springfield	White River Junction
Under 5	6.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	12.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	23.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	15.5%	6.9%
65 to 74	11.0%	7.7%
75 and over	7.4%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Springfield	White River Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Springfield	White River Junction
No high school diploma	9.3%	11.3%
High school graduate	39.1%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Springfield	White River Junction
Drove alone	79.7%	68.9%
Carpooled	9.7%	11.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	2.9%	11.4%
Other means	3.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Springfield	White River Junction
1-unit, detached	49.0%	37.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.5%	33.6%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	12.6%
20 or more units	15.6%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Springfield	White River Junction
Poverty rate	19.4%	16.0%
Average household size	2.14	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	14
Median year structure built	1953	1952