Springfield, Missouri

Springfield population, 2020 to 2024

Springfield added 1,438 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +150. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 75th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Springfield is 13.9 times that size.

Springfield covers 83.30 square miles of land and 0.59 of water, for 2,048 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Springfield is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Springfield spans

Springfield crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 170,596 residents as follows; Greene County holds 100.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Springfield

10 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Springfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65619, 65801, 65802, 65803, 65804, 65806, 65807, 65809, 65810, 65897. 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 37.194200, -93.292600. Jefferson City, the capital, is 113.5 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Overland Park, KS (202,893 people), 139.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, AR, 91.5 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 396 m (1,299 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Springfield

At 37.19° N, Springfield gets about 14 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 07 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 Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Battlefield, 6.6 miles away, with 6,236 people.