Georgia · Census place 1372780

Springfield, Georgia

Springfield is a city in Effingham County, Georgia with an estimated 3,223 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 192nd largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,223
#192 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+19.1%
+518 people
Land area
3.9 sq mi
Density
826 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Springfield. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

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Springfield population, 2020 to 2024

Springfield added 518 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +19.1%. In the latest year it moved by -58.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,707. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Springfield covers 3.90 square miles of land, for 826 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Springfield is less dense than the typical town.

What county Springfield is in

All of Springfield's residents live in Effingham County, which had 73,148 residents in 2024. Springfield holds 4.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Springfield

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Springfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31329. 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 32.372200, -81.315300. Atlanta, the capital, is 201.7 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rincon, GA (11,701 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Savannah, GA, 25.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.372200, -81.315300
DMS
32°22'19.92"N 81°18'55.08"W
UTM
17N 470339.1E 3581736.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
864W9MCM+VV

Daylight in Springfield

At 32.37° N, Springfield gets about 14 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 15 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 Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Guyton, 5.2 miles away, with 3,059 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Springfield, GA?

3,223 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 518 (19.1%) from 2,705 in July 2020.

What county is Springfield in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Springfield?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 31329.

How far is Springfield from Atlanta?

201.7 miles (324.7 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Springfield.

What is the nearest larger city to Springfield?

Rincon, GA, with 11,701 residents, 7.1 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.