Springfield

Population & Demographics

Springfield, MA

Springfield is home to 154,749 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 69,245 resident workers commute each day.

MassachusettsCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
154,749
people
Population

154,749 residents

Median age 33.7 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Springfield population & demographics

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

Population
154,749
Median age
33.7yrs
Median household income
$52,656
Median home value
$245,000
Median gross rent
$1,144/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
20.5%
Poverty rate
25.8%

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

Race & ethnicity in Springfield

How Springfield breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino48.6%
White27.8%
Black17.5%
Two or more races3.1%
Asian2.7%
Some other race0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Springfield

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Springfield.

Springfield at a glance
Employed Residents
69,245
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
7.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
37.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
8.4%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Chicopee
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.

73
Commute Score

73 / 100

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

Springfield

69,245 commutes, one dot at a time

Springfield

Where 69,245 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Springfield0.0 mi25,915
2Chicopee4.4 mi3,849
3Holyoke7.3 mi3,656
4West Springfield Town4.6 mi3,143
5Boston76.3 mi2,024
6Westfield10.3 mi1,944
7Agawam Town5.6 mi1,800
8Amherst Town18.2 mi1,458

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Springfield.

1Springfield0.0 mi25,915
2Chicopee4.4 mi5,241
3West Springfield Town4.6 mi2,856
4Agawam Town5.6 mi2,797
5Westfield10.3 mi2,673
6Holyoke7.3 mi2,456
7Longmeadow4.5 mi1,768
8Northampton15.7 mi1,034

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 Assistance35.1%
EDEducational Services11.5%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.1%
FIFinance and Insurance7.7%
RTRetail Trade6.1%
PAPublic Administration4.8%
MFManufacturing4.6%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.3%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services3.0%
Connectivity

Internet options for Springfield

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

4 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
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).