Springfield vs Windsor

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

Springfield and Windsor 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 1,961 in Windsor). Windsor has the higher median household income ($48,371 vs $44,375 in Springfield). Windsor has the higher median home value ($158,800 vs $138,400 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Springfield	Windsor
Population	3,882	1,961
Median age	42.5 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,375	$48,371
Median home value	$138,400	$158,800
Median gross rent	$726	$988
Housing units	2,102	1,092
Homeownership rate	50.2%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Springfield	Windsor
Population	3,793 → 3,882 (+2.3%)	2,150 → 1,961 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$37,273 → $44,375 (+19.1%)	$41,542 → $48,371 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$133,900 → $138,400 (+3.4%)	$154,200 → $158,800 (+3.0%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $726 (-14.2%)	$922 → $988 (+7.2%)

Springfield

Population

3,7933,882

Median household income

$37,273$44,375

Median home value

$133,900$138,400

Median gross rent

$846$726

Windsor

Population

2,1501,961

Median household income

$41,542$48,371

Median home value

$154,200$158,800

Median gross rent

$922$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Springfield	Windsor
Under 5	6.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	12.0%	12.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	8.8%
55 to 64	15.5%	17.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.0%
75 and over	7.4%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Springfield	Windsor
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Springfield	Windsor
No high school diploma	9.3%	9.5%
High school graduate	39.1%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Springfield	Windsor
Drove alone	79.7%	77.8%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.7%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	5.9%
Other means	3.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Springfield	Windsor
1-unit, detached	49.0%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	24.5%	27.2%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	7.2%
20 or more units	15.6%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Springfield	Windsor
Poverty rate	19.4%	6.6%
Average household size	2.14	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1953	1938