Springfield vs Turtle Lake

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

Springfield and Turtle Lake are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Turtle Lake has the higher population (307 vs 154 in Springfield). Since 2019, Springfield's population has grown faster (+73.0% vs +17.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Springfield	Turtle Lake
Population	154	307
Median age	50.4 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$67,500
Median home value	—	$316,700
Median gross rent	—	$878
Housing units	46	216
Homeownership rate	100.0%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.7%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Springfield	Turtle Lake
Population	89 → 154 (+73.0%)	261 → 307 (+17.6%)
Median household income	$48,796 → $55,375 (+13.5%)	$68,750 → $67,500 (-1.8%)
Median home value	$162,000 → $171,300 (+5.7%)	$222,200 → $316,700 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$782 → $878 (+12.3%)

Springfield

Population

89154

Median household income

$48,796$55,375

Median home value

$162,000$171,300

Turtle Lake

Population

261307

Median household income

$68,750$67,500

Median home value

$222,200$316,700

Median gross rent

$782$878

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Springfield	Turtle Lake
Under 5	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	33.8%	6.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	2.6%
35 to 44	7.8%	6.5%
45 to 54	22.1%	19.9%
55 to 64	22.1%	26.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	16.9%
75 and over	14.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Springfield	Turtle Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	84.4%
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%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.6%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Springfield	Turtle Lake
No high school diploma	23.5%	5.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	9.8%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	66.7%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Springfield	Turtle Lake
Drove alone	51.1%	88.5%
Carpooled	11.1%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	37.8%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Springfield	Turtle Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Springfield	Turtle Lake
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.7%
Average household size	3.35	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	—	39
Median year structure built	—	1971