Springfield, Massachusetts

Springfield population, 2020 to 2024

Springfield lost 370 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +668. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 48th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Springfield is 3.5 times that size.

Springfield covers 31.87 square miles of land and 1.21 of water, for 4,860 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Springfield is denser than the typical town.

What county Springfield is in

All of Springfield's residents live in Hampden County, which had 464,151 residents in 2024. Springfield holds 33.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Springfield

12 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Springfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 01103, 01104, 01105, 01107, 01108, 01109, 01118, 01119, 01128, 01129, 01144, 01151. 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 42.115500, -72.540000. Boston, the capital, is 77.3 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Worcester, MA (211,286 people), 39.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Hartford, CT, 25.2 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 56 m (184 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Springfield

At 42.12° N, Springfield gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Springfield daylight page.

Places near Springfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Chicopee, 4.6 miles away, with 55,381 people.