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Springfield, MO

170,572 Population
83.2 square miles 2,050 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

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
$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

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)

17.6 minutes ±0.4 (1,336,495  ±45,049) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 22.2 4,596,585 (±0.3 / ±89,324)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)

Families

76,851 ±2,453 Number of households
  • the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 201,977 ±2,648
  • Missouri: 2,563,244 ±10,377
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

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)

Housing

85,301 ±1,869 Number of housing units
  • the Springfield, MO Metro Area: 217,079 ±1,049
  • Missouri: 2,858,527 ±391

$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

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)

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)
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)

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

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)
8,230 Total veterans ±1,473 7,714 Male ±1,450 516 Female ±349

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