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Springfield, MA
154,888 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2567000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Springfield ranked #326 of 340 cities and 14th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Springfield and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Syracuse NY, Dayton OH, Rochester NY, Allentown PA, Buffalo NY, Knoxville TN, Hartford CT, South Bend IN, Cincinnati OH, Birmingham AL, Provo UT, New Bedford MA, Akron OH · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #326 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #314 | #324 | #331 | #321 | #312 | #322 | #311 | #308 | #323 | #297 | #309 | #299 | #320 | #324 | #287 | #302 | #311 | #311 | #326 | #283 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 152,925 | 152,911 | 152,799 | 152,857 | 152,934 | 153,569 | 153,773 | 153,933 | 154,056 | 154,376 | 154,582 | 154,028 | 154,207 | 154,329 | 153,606 | 155,258 | 154,978 | 154,440 | 154,220 | 154,888 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #146 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.5 | -0.3 | — | -0.4 | -0.7 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -0.8 | -1.0 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -0.6 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.7 | -0.3 | -0.2 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #219 of 271 cities with data · 7th of 10 in its peer group with data | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | — | 0.6 | 1.1 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #106 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 24.2% | 25.7% | 25.4% | 25.2% | 24.2% | 25.1% | 26.6% | 30.9% | 30.5% | 30.2% | 24.9% | 25.5% | 27.7% | 31.6% | 25.2% | — | 27.3% | 27.6% | 30.2% | 22.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #233 of 304 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 11.8 | 9.8 | 13.1 | 9.2 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 12.4 | 7.1 | 14.3 | 8.4 | 11.6 | 7.8 | 9.1 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 9.7 | 20.1 | 11.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #238 of 295 cities with data · 7th of 12 in its peer group with data | 173.3 | 155.6 | 133.5 | 116.4 | 130.8 | 127.0 | 113.2 | 129.9 | 118.8 | 131.5 | 109.3 | 114.9 | 102.5 | 114.7 | 103.5 | 133.3 | 148.4 | 123.0 | 144.6 | 158.2 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 77,635 | 78,293 | 80,399 | 80,523 | 82,802 | 84,027 | 83,919 | 84,241 | 88,156 | 80,220 | 79,667 | 81,216 | 79,862 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #259 of 329 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +0.9 | -1.0 | +1.7 | -0.8 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.3 | +3.5 | +0.1 | -1.7 | -2.5 | -1.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59,214 | 55,272 | 60,181 | 59,768 | 64,618 | 64,921 | 62,416 | 59,542 | 67,217 | — | 56,353 | 66,680 | 63,560 | 63,723 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #278 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.1% | 17.5% | 13.8% | 13.9% | 8.9% | 8.4% | 9.3% | 8.6% | 5.0% | — | 12.9% | 5.5% | 4.7% | 6.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #284 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | -1% | 8% | -3% | 4% | 7% | -3% | 7% | 11% | 17% | 15% | 15% | 13% | 8% | 10% | -1% | 12% | 14% | 15% | 0% | -5% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #87 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | $2,988 | $3,182 | $3,445 | $3,095 | $3,071 | $2,934 | $2,600 | $2,312 | $2,039 | $1,762 | $1,959 | $1,714 | $1,664 | $1,474 | $1,525 | $1,342 | $1,445 | $1,646 | $1,466 | $1,558 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Springfield. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.