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Springfield, MO Urban Area

300,073 Population
134.3 square miles 2,233.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,836 ±$2,166 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$64,936 ±$2,791 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.1% ±1.5% (32,122  ±4,362) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.7 minutes ±1 (2,757,745  ±158,764) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

126,509 ±3,057 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (291,018  ±5,630) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.3% ±2% (5,590  ±1,566) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

136,377 ±2,221 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$257,200 ±$9,090 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.6% ±1.9% (46,081  ±5,685.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.7% ±2.7% (186,264  ±6,715.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
37.6% ±2% (74,705  ±4,313.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as 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% ±0.7% (13,004  ±2,067) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.5% ±0.9% (15,312  ±2,050) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
15,312 Total veterans ±2,050 14,098 Male ±1,918 1,214 Female ±526

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