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Springfield, MO Urban Area

289,041 Population
134.3 square miles 2,151.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,355 ±$2,150 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$57,716 ±$3,268 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

14.5% ±1.9% (40,579  ±5,280) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

18.8 minutes ±0.6 (2,394,045  ±130,156) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

124,981 ±2,600 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0 (279,819  ±6,404) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.8% ±1.6% (4,356  ±1,202) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

131,821 ±2,428 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$235,800 ±$8,092 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

17.9% ±1.9% (51,071  ±5,621.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92.9% ±2.8% (176,571  ±6,593.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
32.3% ±1.7% (61,319  ±3,557.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

3.6% ±0.6% (10,454  ±1,670) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.4% ±0.9% (14,674  ±2,036) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
14,674 Total veterans ±2,036 13,530 Male ±1,731 1,144 Female ±798

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