Green Spring vs Springfield

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

Green Spring and Springfield are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Springfield has the higher population (485 vs 123 in Green Spring). Since 2019, Springfield's population has grown faster (+109.1% vs -23.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Green Spring	Springfield
Population	123	485
Median age	22.9 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,406	—
Housing units	53	163
Homeownership rate	55.6%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	49.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Spring	Springfield
Population	160 → 123 (-23.1%)	232 → 485 (+109.1%)
Median household income	$67,632 → $76,406 (+13.0%)	$29,125 → $34,853 (+19.7%)
Median home value	—	$102,500 → $90,800 (-11.4%)

Green Spring

Population

160123

Median household income

$67,632$76,406

Springfield

Population

232485

Median household income

$29,125$34,853

Median home value

$102,500$90,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Green Spring	Springfield
Under 5	17.9%	1.9%
5 to 17	8.9%	44.3%
18 to 24	25.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.8%
35 to 44	22.8%	17.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Spring	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Spring	Springfield
No high school diploma	15.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	66.1%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Spring	Springfield
Drove alone	100.0%	71.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	28.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Spring	Springfield
1-unit, detached	83.0%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.0%	36.8%

Poverty & households

	Green Spring	Springfield
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.9%
Average household size	3.42	3.67
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1938	1975