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Springfield, MO

170,572 Population
83.3 square miles 2,047.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 37.1 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,220 ±$1,927 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: $37,496 ±$1,547
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $40,284 ±$341
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$54,414 ±$4,020 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: $67,219 ±$2,134
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $71,589 ±$703
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.7% ±2.2% (23,784  ±3,531) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 11.2% † 54,271 (±1.4% / ±6,566)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.3% 745,363 (±0.4% / ±25,704)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.6 minutes ±1.5 (1,527,310  ±136,509) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 22.5 4,954,435 (±0.8 / ±207,384)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Missouri: 24 64,725,120 (±0.3 / ±854,277)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

76,851 ±2,453 Number of households
  • the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 201,977 ±2,648
  • Missouri: 2,563,244 ±10,377
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (161,734  ±200) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 2.4 487,252 (±0 / ±2,953)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,082,606
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.2% ±2.5% (3,369  ±1,174) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 7.6% † 9,059 (±1.6% / ±1,897)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 5.2% 73,794 (±0.3% / ±4,585)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

85,301 ±1,869 Number of housing units
  • the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 217,079 ±1,049
  • Missouri: 2,858,527 ±391
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$207,900 ±$12,220 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: $260,000 ±$7,018
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $254,400 ±$2,059
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

19.9% ±2.4% (33,490  ±4,064.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 13.3% † 65,593 (±1.3% / ±6,580.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.1% 747,755 (±0.4% / ±22,870.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.7% ±3.7% (103,857  ±4,869.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 92.5% 308,452 (±2.5% / ±8,576.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 92% 3,959,346 (±0.7% / ±31,243.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
32.6% ±2.4% (36,546  ±2,816.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 32.8% 109,380 (±1.5% / ±5,133.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 33.5% 1,440,376 (±0.4% / ±19,147.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.3% ±0.9% (7,341  ±1,562) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 3.2% † 15,994 (±0.5% / ±2,270)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.9% 308,514
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.8% ±1% (8,230  ±1,473) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 7.5% 28,982 (±0.6% / ±2,416)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7% 340,990 (±0.2% / ±9,503)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,230 Total veterans ±1,473 7,714 Male ±1,450 516 Female ±349

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