Tennessee · Census place 4770500
Springfield, Tennessee
Springfield is a city in Robertson County, Tennessee with an estimated 19,842 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 33rd largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 19,842
- #33 of 232 in Tennessee
- Change since 2020
- +5.5%
- +1,033 people
- Land area
- 13.7 sq mi
- Density
- 1,454 / sq mi
- State median 947
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Springfield population, 2020 to 2024
Springfield added 1,033 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.5%. In the latest year it moved by +327. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 40th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Springfield is 1.6 times that size.
Springfield covers 13.65 square miles of land, for 1,454 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Springfield is denser than the typical town.
What county Springfield is in
All of Springfield's residents live in Robertson County, which had 78,459 residents in 2024. Springfield holds 25.3% 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: 37172. 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 36.493600, -86.872200. Nashville, the capital, is 23.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hendersonville, TN (63,947 people), 19.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Nashville-Davidson, TN, 22.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.493600, -86.872200
- DMS
- 36°29'36.96"N 86°52'19.92"W
- UTM
- 16N 511446.1E 4038705.8N
- Geohash
- dn6px5mwe
- Plus code
- 868MF4VH+C4
Daylight in Springfield
At 36.49° N, Springfield gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 59 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 Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Greenbrier, 6.7 miles away, with 7,039 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Springfield, TN?
19,842 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,033 (5.5%) from 18,809 in July 2020.
What county is Springfield in?
Robertson 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: 37172.
How far is Springfield from Nashville?
23.2 miles (37.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Springfield.
What is the nearest larger city to Springfield?
Hendersonville, TN, with 63,947 residents, 19.9 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.