Springfield vs Wilder

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

Springfield and Wilder 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 3,394 in Wilder). Wilder has the higher median household income ($69,063 vs $44,375 in Springfield). Wilder has the higher median home value ($241,000 vs $138,400 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Springfield	Wilder
Population	3,882	3,394
Median age	42.5 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,375	$69,063
Median home value	$138,400	$241,000
Median gross rent	$726	$1,200
Housing units	2,102	1,792
Homeownership rate	50.2%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	60.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Springfield	Wilder
Population	3,793 → 3,882 (+2.3%)	1,692 → 3,394 (+100.6%)
Median household income	$37,273 → $44,375 (+19.1%)	$64,806 → $69,063 (+6.6%)
Median home value	$133,900 → $138,400 (+3.4%)	$233,500 → $241,000 (+3.2%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $726 (-14.2%)	$1,355 → $1,200 (-11.4%)

Springfield

Population

3,7933,882

Median household income

$37,273$44,375

Median home value

$133,900$138,400

Median gross rent

$846$726

Wilder

Population

1,6923,394

Median household income

$64,806$69,063

Median home value

$233,500$241,000

Median gross rent

$1,355$1,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Springfield	Wilder
Under 5	6.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	12.0%	8.5%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	16.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	9.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	16.7%
75 and over	7.4%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Springfield	Wilder
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Springfield	Wilder
No high school diploma	9.3%	0.6%
High school graduate	39.1%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	14.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	44.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Springfield	Wilder
Drove alone	79.7%	80.8%
Carpooled	9.7%	5.1%
Public transit	0.9%	2.2%
Walked	3.3%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	9.5%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Springfield	Wilder
1-unit, detached	49.0%	40.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	24.5%	24.7%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	15.1%
20 or more units	15.6%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Springfield	Wilder
Poverty rate	19.4%	10.6%
Average household size	2.14	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1953	1983