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What Is It Like to Live in Springfield?

What it costs to live in Springfield, and how it compares with other Missouri cities, in plain numbers.

Value score

12

58th best value in Missouri

How much you get for what you pay, versus other Missouri cities.

Overall livability

10

58th overall in Missouri

Cost, safety, schools, jobs and quality of life combined.

Springfield is home to about 168,603 people. A typical home runs $127,800 and a household earns around $40,000, a price-to-income ratio of 3.2. Among Missouri's largest cities, it ranks 58th for value and 58th overall.

Springfield at a glance

Median home price

$127,800

50th in MO of 58

Median rent

$799/mo

Median household income

$40,000

Home price to income

3.2x

Unemployment

5.4%

44th in MO of 58

School rating

2/10

55th in MO of 58

Air quality (AQI)

45

0th in MO of 58

Walk score

20/100

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Sources: Home prices and rent from Zillow; income, unemployment and commute from the U.S. Census; school ratings from state education data; crime from the FBI; air quality from the EPA. City rankings are within Missouri only. Updated 2026.