Springfield, Massachusetts demographics

Springfield, MA demographics: median age 33.7; 20.5% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Springfield city, Massachusetts · Incorporated city · GEOID 2567000. The survey estimates a population of 154,749 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Springfield is 33.7 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.5 years. There are 57,772 households (±894). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	33.7 ±0.5	40.0 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 154,749
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Under 18	37,477 ±1,376	24.2% ±0.9 pp	19.4%	22.0%
18–34	42,842 ±1,503	27.7% ±1.0 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	53,966 ±1,754	34.9% ±1.1 pp	38.9%	38.0%
65 and older	20,464 ±1,014	13.2% ±0.7 pp	17.9%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 154,749
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Male	74,656 ±1,020	48.2% ±0.7 pp	48.9%	49.5%
Female	80,093 ±1,017	51.8% ±0.7 pp	51.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 154,749
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
White alone	53,425 ±2,537	34.5% ±1.6 pp	68.6%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	30,884 ±1,644	20.0% ±1.1 pp	6.8%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	907 ±400	0.6% ±0.3 pp	0.2%	0.9%
Asian alone	4,241 ±856	2.7% ±0.6 pp	7.3%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	53 ±76 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	23,363 ±2,209	15.1% ±1.4 pp	5.8%	7.1%
Two or more races	41,876 ±2,647	27.1% ±1.7 pp	11.1%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 154,749
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	79,559 ±1,668	51.4% ±1.1 pp	86.7%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	75,190 ±1,663	48.6% ±1.1 pp	13.3%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 57,772
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Married-couple family	17,352 ±891	30.0% ±1.5 pp	45.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	3,923 ±535	6.8% ±0.9 pp	4.7%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	13,825 ±995	23.9% ±1.7 pp	11.9%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	18,394 ±1,028	31.8% ±1.7 pp	28.8%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	4,278 ±660	7.4% ±1.1 pp	8.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 57,772
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Households with people under 18	19,334 ±879	33.5% ±1.4 pp	27.9%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	38,438 ±1,212	66.5% ±1.8 pp	72.1%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 57,772
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	18,394 ±1,028	31.8% ±1.7 pp	28.8%	28.7%
Two-person households	15,763 ±1,179	27.3% ±2.0 pp	33.3%	33.8%
Three-person households	10,613 ±905	18.4% ±1.5 pp	16.5%	15.3%
Four-person households	7,539 ±777	13.0% ±1.3 pp	13.5%	12.6%
Five-person households	3,303 ±493	5.7% ±0.8 pp	5.2%	5.9%
Six-person households	1,335 ±284	2.3% ±0.5 pp	1.8%	2.2%
Seven or more people	825 ±252	1.4% ±0.4 pp	0.9%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 154,749
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Native	138,556 ±1,869	89.5% ±1.2 pp	82.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	16,193 ±1,875	10.5% ±1.2 pp	18.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 144,708
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
English only	88,077 ±2,157	60.9% ±1.5 pp	74.9%	77.7%
Spanish	47,587 ±1,984	32.9% ±1.4 pp	9.7%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	752 ±306	0.5% ±0.2 pp	1.9%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	80 ±96 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	669 ±246	0.5% ±0.2 pp	1.0%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	2,481 ±703	1.7% ±0.5 pp	6.1%	2.0%
Korean	15 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	493 ±232	0.3% ±0.2 pp	2.2%	1.1%
Vietnamese	1,217 ±389	0.8% ±0.3 pp	0.7%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	88 ±59 · low precision	0.1% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	430 ±187	0.3% ±0.1 pp	1.3%	1.1%
Arabic	653 ±252	0.5% ±0.2 pp	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	2,166 ±795	1.5% ±0.5 pp	1.0%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 98,223
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	19,792 ±1,409	20.2% ±1.4 pp	8.6%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	32,668 ±1,781	33.3% ±1.8 pp	22.6%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	17,341 ±1,244	17.7% ±1.2 pp	14.1%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	8,327 ±908	8.5% ±0.9 pp	7.5%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	11,590 ±855	11.8% ±0.9 pp	25.5%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8,505 ±779	8.7% ±0.8 pp	21.8%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 152,847
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Same house	139,269 ±1,503	91.1% ±0.9 pp	88.3%	87.7%
Moved within same county	8,104 ±1,194	5.3% ±0.8 pp	5.6%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	2,172 ±464	1.4% ±0.3 pp	3.0%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	2,372 ±783	1.6% ±0.5 pp	2.2%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	930 ±292	0.6% ±0.2 pp	0.9%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

3.8% of Springfield residents (±0.5 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 2.6% in Massachusetts and 8.4% nationally. 86.0% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Springfield	Massachusetts	U.S.	Compared with Massachusetts
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	3.8% ±0.5 pp	2.6%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	86.0% ±1.2 pp	92.8%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	3.4% ±0.4 pp	4.3%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Springfield . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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