Springfield

City Commute Profile

Springfield, MO

Where Springfield’s 74,904 resident workers go each day — 71.1% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Republic.

MissouriLODES 2023 data
81
Commute Score

81 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Springfield at a glance
Employed Residents
74,904
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
12.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
71.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
10.4%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Republic
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Springfield proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Springfield commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Springfield

74,904 commutes, one dot at a time

Springfield

Where 74,904 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Springfield, by worker count.

1Springfield0.0 mi53,261
2Republic10.6 mi1,159
3Ozark12.3 mi1,155
4Nixa10.3 mi1,065
5Kansas City147.8 mi890
6Branson38.4 mi594
7Joplin67.9 mi574
8Columbia131.8 mi446

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Springfield.

1Springfield0.0 mi53,261
2Nixa10.3 mi5,906
3Republic10.6 mi5,094
4Ozark12.3 mi4,965
5Battlefield6.6 mi1,863
6Kansas City147.8 mi1,563
7Willard9.9 mi1,379
8Marshfield23.4 mi1,207

Top industries

The sectors that employ Springfield’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance22.5%
RTRetail Trade11.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.0%
MFManufacturing8.2%
TRTransportation and Warehousing6.2%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.9%
EDEducational Services5.8%
WSWholesale Trade5.3%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.3%

Springfield city profile

Who lives in Springfield — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
169,954
Median age
33.7yrs
Median household income
$49,311
Median home value
$177,700
Median gross rent
$964/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
31.4%
Poverty rate
18.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Springfield

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

8 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps97%
5 Gbps97%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Springfield

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).