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Springfield, MO

170,178 Population
83.2 square miles 2,045.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$31,748 ±$2,157 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: $35,697 ±$1,538
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $38,699 ±$393
$47,728 ±$2,711 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: $62,921 ±$2,408
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $68,545 ±$900

19% ±3% (30,815  ±4,849) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 12.6% † 60,265 (±1.3% / ±6,061)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12% 720,210 (±0.4% / ±24,684)

18 minutes ±0.4 (1,353,175  ±44,081) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 22.5 4,602,650 (±0.3 / ±83,526)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

79,707 ±2,197 Number of households
  • the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 200,832 ±2,509
  • Missouri: 2,556,271 ±10,804
2 ±0.1 (161,753  ±191) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 2.4 478,716 (±0 / ±2,755)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,033,157

5% ±1.9% (2,337  ±913) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 5% † 5,830 (±1.2% / ±1,344)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 5.5% 78,185 (±0.4% / ±5,180)

Housing

85,608 ±1,989 Number of housing units
  • the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 213,696 ±948
  • Missouri: 2,844,440 ±583

$199,800 ±$11,562 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: $242,200 ±$6,975
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $233,600 ±$2,397

22.4% ±2.8% (37,594  ±4,748.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 14.7% 71,613 (±1.4% / ±7,025.4)
  • nearly double the rate in Missouri: 12.1% 739,002 (±0.4% / ±22,558.4)

Social

92% ±4% (100,953  ±5,101.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 92.7% 303,462 (±2.6% / ±8,578.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 92% 3,915,999 (±0.7% / ±29,203.5)
28.8% ±2.4% (31,614  ±2,719.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 29.3% 95,830 (±1.4% / ±4,712.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 33.2% 1,413,984 (±0.4% / ±18,155.5)

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

3.6% ±0.7% (6,141  ±1,252) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 2.8% † 13,899 (±0.4% / ±2,074)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 4.8% 296,832

6% ±1.2% (8,422  ±1,627) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 7.2% 27,298 (±0.7% / ±2,670)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.1% 341,191 (±0.2% / ±8,649)
8,422 Total veterans ±1,627 7,786 Male ±1,491 636 Female ±651

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