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Springfield, MO
170,596 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2970000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Springfield ranked #174 of 340 cities and 3rd 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: Chattanooga TN, Evansville IN, Columbus GA, Amarillo TX, Savannah GA, Topeka KS, Mobile AL, Rockford IL, Roanoke VA, Lubbock TX, Beaumont TX, Little Rock AR, Knoxville TN · 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 | #174 of 340 cities · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #132 | #77 | #95 | #144 | #121 | #252 | #150 | #221 | #272 | #272 | #181 | #177 | #213 | #232 | #222 | #244 | #162 | #208 | #174 | #97 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 155,381 | 157,347 | 158,661 | 159,308 | 159,795 | 159,376 | 160,246 | 161,915 | 163,708 | 164,749 | 166,133 | 166,541 | 167,116 | 167,539 | 167,882 | 169,158 | 169,251 | 170,079 | 170,446 | 170,596 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #49 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | +1.0 | +1.6 | +1.1 | +0.6 | +0.5 | — | +0.3 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.2 | +0.3 | -0.1 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.1 | +0.6 | +0.7 | +0.3 | +0.5 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #232 of 271 cities with data · 11th of 11 in its peer group with data | 7.1 | 8.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #97 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 22.4% | 20.6% | 21.9% | 20.1% | 23.8% | 25.4% | 23.2% | 23.3% | 26.5% | 25.5% | 22.9% | 24.5% | 24.2% | 25.4% | 24.6% | — | 22.7% | 23.8% | 24.2% | 22.2% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #161 of 304 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 6.9 | 3.1 | 9.9 | 7.3 | 9.7 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 6.6 | 13.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 8.8 | 5.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #249 of 295 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 212.8 | 215.7 | 198.7 | 165.4 | 180.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 122,036 | 127,652 | 134,534 | 132,647 | 135,687 | 135,342 | 140,602 | 145,645 | 145,958 | 149,024 | 151,040 | 153,165 | 154,879 | 157,817 | 158,736 | 151,969 | 154,169 | 159,008 | 161,950 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #177 of 329 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.5 | +0.5 | +0.9 | -0.8 | +2.6 | +0.3 | +0.7 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -1.0 | +0.5 | -0.1 | -0.2 | +0.1 | -0.4 | -1.0 | -1.1 | -0.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 77,819 | 79,071 | 76,755 | 77,838 | 81,291 | 81,593 | 82,079 | 72,905 | 76,921 | — | 86,321 | 84,029 | 89,083 | 90,368 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #49 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.6% | 9.7% | 8.6% | 6.8% | 5.3% | 5.8% | 5.2% | 4.6% | 3.9% | — | 4.8% | 4.1% | 3.0% | 3.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #124 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 33% | 35% | 27% | 33% | 27% | 26% | 18% | 25% | 9% | 20% | 28% | 28% | 27% | 26% | 21% | 25% | 26% | 39% | 37% | 27% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #48 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | $3,950 | $3,669 | $4,624 | $9,709 | $9,586 | $9,262 | $8,734 | $8,616 | $8,253 | $7,958 | $7,865 | $7,390 | $7,036 | $6,177 | $5,649 | $5,140 | $4,527 | $3,913 | $3,594 | $852 |
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.