Springfield is a relatively large city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 170,067 people and 68 associated neighborhoods, Springfield is the third largest community in Missouri.Springfield is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Springfield is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Springfield who work in office and administrative support (13.81%), sales jobs (10.64%), and management occupations (7.88%). Also of interest is that Springfield has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.50% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Combining city textures and college town sensibilities, Springfield really has a nice blend of characteristics. While not a huge city, Springfield is big enough to offer a healthy dose of diversion, opportunity, and amenity to its residents and to the thousands of college students who descend on it every fall. Its size and diversity makes Springfield more than just a college town, but removing the students from the equation would undeniably change Springfield’s character and quality of life. The overall education level of Springfield citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.97% of adults in Springfield have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Springfield in 2022 was $28,806, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,224 for a family of four. However, Springfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Springfield is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Springfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Springfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Springfield include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Springfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
