Florida · Census place 1268275

Springfield, Florida

Springfield is a city in Bay County, Florida with an estimated 8,495 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 184th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,495
#184 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+5.7%
+460 people
Land area
4.8 sq mi
+ 0.12 sq mi water
Density
1,781 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Springfield. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Springfield population, 2020 to 2024

Springfield added 460 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.7%. In the latest year it moved by +160. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 102nd; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Springfield is 39% of it.

8,03520208,06920218,19020228,33520238,4952024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,094. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Springfield covers 4.77 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 1,781 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Springfield is less dense than the typical town.

What county Springfield is in

All of Springfield's residents live in Bay County, which had 199,718 residents in 2024. Springfield holds 4.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Springfield

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Springfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32401, 32404, 32405. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Springfield is

The Census internal point of Springfield is at 30.169700, -85.603800. Tallahassee, the capital, is 81.1 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Panama City, FL (37,024 people), 4.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tallahassee, FL, 83.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.169700, -85.603800
DMS
30°10'10.92"N 85°36'13.68"W
UTM
16N 634437.2E 3338413.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
862P599W+VF

Daylight in Springfield

At 30.17° N, Springfield gets about 14 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Springfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Parker, 2.9 miles away, with 4,801 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Springfield, FL?

8,495 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 460 (5.7%) from 8,035 in July 2020.

What county is Springfield in?

Bay County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Springfield?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 32401, 32404, 32405.

How far is Springfield from Tallahassee?

81.1 miles (130.4 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Springfield.

What is the nearest larger city to Springfield?

Panama City, FL, with 37,024 residents, 4.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.