Springfield, MO (Missouri) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 156,206 (Urban population: 155,613, Rural population: 593 (26 farm, 567 nonfarm))

Springfield, Missouri Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 69,877 (64,821 occupied: 34,752 owner occupied, 30,069 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	46%
State:	30%

Housing density: 955 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $143,730.

Median contract rent in 2007: $488 (lower quartile is $389, upper quartile is $594)

Housing units in Springfield with a mortgage: 20,193 (2,002 second mortgage, 1,917 home equity loan, 45 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11,597

Springfield,MO index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $106,700 (it was $78,700 in 2000)

Springfield:	$106,700
Missouri:	$138,600

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $74,700 - $148,300

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $132,993
Here: $132,993
State: $182,045

Townhouses or other attached units: $263,708
Here: $263,708
State: $185,799

In 2-unit structures: $160,787
Here: $160,787
State: $155,066

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $98,041
Here: $98,041
State: $141,353

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $113,118
Here: $113,118
State: $200,791

Mobile homes: $22,225
Here: $22,225
State: $37,932

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $5,000
Here: $5,000
State: $46,345

Median year house/condo built: 1967

Median year apartment built: 1973

Household type by relationship

Households: 140,830

In family households: 104,195 (26,210 male householders, 9,721 female householders)
26,388 spouses, 33,780 children (30,760 natural, 962 adopted, 2,058 stepchildren), 1,808 grandchildren, 1,191 brothers or sisters, 740 parents, 1,218 other relatives, 3,139 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 36,635 (12,801 male householders (9,447 living alone)), 16,047 female householders (13,257 living alone)), 7,787 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 10,993 (2,955 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 18,077 2-persons, 8,247 3-persons, 6,108 4-persons, 2,349 5-persons, 756 6-persons, 394 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 22,704 1-person, 4,910 2-persons, 936 3-persons, 186 4-persons, 76 5-persons, 36 6-persons.

18,043 married couples with children.
9,172 single-parent households (2,010 men, 7,162 women).

95.1% of residents of Springfield speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (71% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 3,686 (2.4%)
(46.1% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.8
State:	6.0

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.0
State:	4.2

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Springfield, Missouri:
	1 room: 26 2 rooms: 132 3 rooms: 611 4 rooms: 3,686 5 rooms: 10,202 6 rooms: 9,298 7 rooms: 5,139 8 rooms: 2,858 9 or more rooms: 2,800

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Springfield, Missouri:
	1 room: 1,427 2 rooms: 2,680 3 rooms: 5,798 4 rooms: 9,428 5 rooms: 6,345 6 rooms: 2,808 7 rooms: 944 8 rooms: 390 9 or more rooms: 249

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 925
1995 to 1998: 4,621
1990 to 1994: 4,853
1980 to 1989: 10,012
1970 to 1979: 14,508
1960 to 1969: 10,594
1950 to 1959: 9,154
1940 to 1949: 5,572
1939 or earlier: 9,638

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Springfield:
	no bedroom: 54 1 bedroom: 807 2 bedrooms: 8,610 3 bedrooms: 19,574 4 bedrooms: 4,496 5 or more bedrooms: 1,211

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Springfield:
	no bedroom: 1,801 1 bedroom: 8,209 2 bedrooms: 13,806 3 bedrooms: 5,424 4 bedrooms: 690 5 or more bedrooms: 139

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Springfield in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,580 1 vehicle: 11,839 2 vehicles: 15,694 3 vehicles: 4,369 4 vehicles: 957 5 or more vehicles: 313

Cars and other vehicles available in Springfield in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 4,425 1 vehicle: 15,692 2 vehicles: 7,967 3 vehicles: 1,637 4 vehicles: 238 5 or more vehicles: 110

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Springfield, MO:

Less than $10,000: 445
$10,000 to $14,999: 239
$15,000 to $19,999: 278
$20,000 to $24,999: 248
$25,000 to $29,999: 332
$30,000 to $34,999: 406
$35,000 to $39,999: 443
$40,000 to $49,999: 1190
$50,000 to $59,999: 1840
$60,000 to $69,999: 2076
$70,000 to $79,999: 2521
$80,000 to $89,999: 2875
$90,000 to $99,999: 3102
$100,000 to $124,999: 7628
$125,000 to $149,999: 3907
$150,000 to $174,999: 2644
$175,000 to $199,999: 1719
$200,000 to $249,999: 1829
$250,000 to $299,999: 921
$300,000 to $399,999: 969
$400,000 to $499,999: 315
$500,000 to $749,999: 245
$750,000 to $999,999: 88
$1,000,000 or more: 78

Springfield rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Springfield:

Less than $100: 456 people
$100 to $149: 415
$150 to $199: 614
$200 to $249: 512
$250 to $299: 1,027
$300 to $349: 2,033
$350 to $399: 3,044
$400 to $449: 3,919
$450 to $499: 4,493
$500 to $549: 3,240
$550 to $599: 2,576
$600 to $649: 2,024
$650 to $699: 1,467
$700 to $749: 1,438
$750 to $799: 1,013
$800 to $899: 1,240
$900 to $999: 527
$1,000 to $1,249: 418
$1,250 to $1,499: 118
$1,500 to $1,999: 182
$2,000 or more: 211
No cash rent: 1,082

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 1,053 1990 to 1994: 632 1985 to 1989: 386 1980 to 1984: 511 1975 to 1979: 265 1970 to 1974: 155 1970 to 1974: 143 1965 to 1969: 541

Springfield, MO Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 93.5%
Number of people working at home: 1,925 (2.6% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 3079
5 to 9 minutes: 11789
10 to 14 minutes: 17716
15 to 19 minutes: 17044
20 to 24 minutes: 11710
25 to 29 minutes: 2351
30 to 34 minutes: 4373
35 to 39 minutes: 356
40 to 44 minutes: 476
45 to 59 minutes: 1199
60 to 89 minutes: 959
90 or more minutes: 953

Springfield mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 59,224 (80%)
Carpooled: 8,116 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 736 (1%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 17 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 6 (0%)
Ferryboat: 6 (0%)
Taxi: 163 (0%)
Motorcycle: 97 (0%)
Bicycle: 417 (1%)
Walked: 2,667 (4%)
Other means: 556 (1%)
Worked at home: 1,925 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 8147
$10,000 to $14,999: 6313
$15,000 to $19,999: 6544
$20,000 to $24,999: 6291
$25,000 to $29,999: 5519
$30,000 to $34,999: 5240
$35,000 to $39,999: 4543
$40,000 to $44,999: 4007
$45,000 to $49,999: 2890
$50,000 to $59,999: 4169
$60,000 to $74,999: 4230
$75,000 to $99,999: 3356
$100,000 to $124,999: 1427
$125,000 to $149,999: 603
$150,000 to $199,999: 610
$200,000 or more: 890

First ancestries reported:

German: 20954

Other groups: 18903

United States or American: 17304

English: 11986

Irish: 11897

French (except Basque): 2872

Italian: 2741

Scotch-Irish: 2686

Scottish: 2201

European: 2121

Dutch: 1890

Polish: 1405

Norwegian: 1318

Swedish: 1261

Welsh: 568

British: 469

Danish: 425

Subsaharan African:: 408

French Canadian: 339

African: 279

Russian: 265

Czech: 252

Arab:: 232

Hungarian: 227

Greek: 215

Swiss: 180

Scandinavian: 163

Czechoslovakian: 162

Austrian: 137

Romanian: 130

Northern European: 120

Finnish: 95

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 93

Canadian: 92

Belgian: 84

Lebanese: 82

Lithuanian: 79

Portuguese: 63

Celtic: 62

Pennsylvania German: 59

Ukrainian: 54

Slovak: 51

Croatian: 48

Other Arab: 39

Jamaican: 38

German Russian: 37

Arab/Arabic: 36

Nigerian: 36

Australian: 36

Alsatian: 34

Basque: 27

Belizean: 26

Syrian: 24

Kenyan: 24

Zimbabwean: 23

Icelander: 22

Brazilian: 22

Yugoslavian: 22

Palestinian: 20

Ethiopian: 20

Moroccan: 19

New Zealander: 17

Slavic: 16

Slovene: 15

Turkish: 15

Dutch West Indian: 15

Bulgarian: 14

West Indian: 14

Ghanian: 13

Egyptian: 12

Estonian: 8

Latvian: 8

Armenian: 8

Serbian: 7

Cape Verdean: 7

South African: 6

Acadian/Cajun: 5

Albanian: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico (15%)
Germany (8%)
Vietnam (7%)
Korea (7%)
Philippines (5%)
Canada (5%)
India (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 91199
Northeast: 4239
Midwest: 22451
South: 17799
West: 11305

42% of Springfield residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Missouri.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 370
Nursery to 4th grade: 82
5th and 6th grade: 201
7th and 8th grade: 1,452
9th grade: 1,103
10th grade: 1,621
11th grade: 1,251
12th grade, no diploma: 1,281
High school graduate (or equivalency): 13,734
Less than 1 year of college: 2,977
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 7,932
Associate degree: 1,884
Bachelor's degree: 7,024
Master's degree: 2,177
Professional school degree: 1,130
Doctorate degree: 488

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 268
Nursery to 4th grade: 52
5th and 6th grade: 210
7th and 8th grade: 2,067
9th grade: 1,690
10th grade: 1,660
11th grade: 1,561
12th grade, no diploma: 1,551
High school graduate (or equivalency): 15,264
Less than 1 year of college: 3,760
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 8,845
Associate degree: 2,489
Bachelor's degree: 7,483
Master's degree: 2,564
Professional school degree: 711
Doctorate degree: 350

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 6.3%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 6.0%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 10.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 13.6%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 12.6%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 22.9%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 9.7%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 7.6%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 20.6%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 22.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 11.7%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 8.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 15.0%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 10.6%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $32,891
Black householders: $17,707
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $34,805
Asian householders: $34,884
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $46,814
Some other race householders: $32,302
Two or more races householders: $30,654
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $32,404

Springfield household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Springfield household income for Black householders

Springfield household income for Asian householders

Springfield household income for Some other race householders

Springfield household income for Two or more races householders

Springfield household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Springfield marital status for males

Springfield marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $108,733
Black or African American householders: $91,244
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $94,091
Asian householders: $121,342
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $61,010
Some other race householders: $93,684
Two or more races householders: $85,143
Hispanic or Latino householders: $91,108

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 45,936
One, attached: 2,103
Two: 3,315
3 or 4: 2,319
5 to 9: 3,385
10 to 19: 3,828
20 to 49: 3,659
50 or more: 3,345
Mobile homes: 1,939
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 48

Median worth of mobile homes: $13,500

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Springfield:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (89%) Electricity (9%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (58%) Electricity (39%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,034

Here:	8.0%
Missouri:	13.7%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 525

Here:	8.5%
Missouri:	11.6%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5,040

Here:	26.6%
Missouri:	24.9%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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