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Housing in Springfield

A typical Springfield home is worth roughly $134,000

Builders were permitted 2 new homes in 2025.

Typical home value
$134K
CO $539K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$517
CO $2,602
What stands out

What stands out about housing in Springfield

Affordability

A typical home costs 2.8 years of income

Less than across Colorado (5.6 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$201,000
Typical Springfield home $134K

That covers a typical Springfield home, with $67K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$750
Loan $660Tax $40Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $220 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Springfield’s typical property tax (0.39% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Renters already here pay a median of $588, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750
1 bedroom$770
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,350
4 bedrooms$1,530
33%
of households rent · CO 34%
187
renter households
51%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · CO 53%
24%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$588
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Baca County, CO): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

2 new homes permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 2 new homes in Springfield in 2025, all single-family houses. That's 1.4 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Colorado (6.9). Over the past 10 years, Springfield has permitted 39 homes in all.

Single-family2+ homes per building
0102030 200020052010201520202025
2
new homes permitted in 2025
1
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
1.4
per 1,000 residents · CO 6.9
39
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−126
New homes+8

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Springfield's population fell by 126 even though 8 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Colorado: 2.5 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)110$268,000
2025220$535,000
2024000—
2023330$260,000
202226422$4.8 million
2021330$261,000
2020110$145,000
2019330$342,000
2018000—
2017000—
2016110$209,000
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011202$150,000
2010202$150,000
2009110$100,000
2008000—
2007110$144,000
2006000—
2005110$159,000
2004110$229,000
2003220$250,000
2002000—
2001110$160,000
2000110$170,000

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

68% of Springfield households own their home

Half of Springfield’s homes were built before 1966.

Owners and renters
Own 68%Rent 33%

Colorado: 66% own.

1966
typical home built · CO 1988
$517
median property tax bill · CO $2,602
0.39%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · CO 0.48%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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