Springfield
What’s happening
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Outdoors in Springfield
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About Springfield
City in Massachusetts, United StatesSpringfield is the most populous city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, and its county seat. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern Mill River. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 155,929, making it the third most populous city in Massachusetts and the fourth most populous city in New England, after Boston, Worcester, and Providence. The Springfield metropolitan area, one of two metropolitan areas in Massachusetts (the other being Greater Boston), had a population of 699,162 in 2020. Springfield was founded in 1636, the first Springf…
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How Springfield ranks
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Housing in Springfield
The typical Springfield home is worth about $305,000, up 4.3% in a year, 54% below the Massachusetts typical home.
A strong seller's market
Safety in Springfield
Safety Grade D
Springfield reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 94% report less.
Schools in Springfield
All 80 schools →School Grade D
The public schools Springfield’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 90% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within MA. Ratings are from neighbors.
Where Springfield is
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