A market of 486,785 residents, ranked 111th among the 387 metropolitan areas in the country. Here is what the public data says about the households, the business base and what that means for advertising locally.
This is the Springfield metropolitan area in Missouri.
For housing, the median value is $230,700, 31 percent below the national figure. Households here bring in a median of $65,071, 19 percent below the national figure.
The household mix in brief. Owners occupy 63.6% of homes, 2 points below the US share. The share of adults with a bachelor's or above is 30.8%, 5 points below the US share. Of 244,093 people in the labor force, 3.5% are unemployed, 2 points below the US share. Residents skew younger than the national median: 37.3 years, 1.6 years below the national median.
Compared with Missouri: income is 8 percent lower than the Missouri figure, home values are about the same as the Missouri figure, and business density is 4 percent denser than the Missouri figure.
12,384 businesses with employees operate in Springfield, MO. That works out to 25.4 businesses per 1,000 residents, in line with the national figure (the national rate is 25 per 1,000). Home-services trades account for 704 of them (5.7% of all establishments, about the same as the US share). The single largest category in the table below is restaurants, with 902 locations.
| Trade | Establishments | Per 100,000 residents | vs US mix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery and convenience retailers | 78 | 16 | 0.53× |
| Physicians' offices | 184 | 37.8 | 0.57× |
| Child day care services | 91 | 18.7 | 0.75× |
| Dentists | 155 | 31.8 | 0.77× |
| Beauty salons | 103 | 21.2 | 0.83× |
| Legal services | 248 | 50.9 | 0.92× |
| Personal care services (all) | 224 | 46 | 0.94× |
| Lessors of real estate (all) | 197 | 40.5 | 0.97× |
| Restaurants and other eating places | 902 | 185.3 | 0.98× |
| Highway, street and bridge construction | 14 | 2.9 | 1.02× |
| Electrical contractors | 130 | 26.7 | 1.05× |
| Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors | 174 | 35.7 | 1.06× |
| Landscaping services | 200 | 41.1 | 1.14× |
| Roofing contractors | 47 | 9.7 | 1.24× |
| General automotive repair | 160 | 32.9 | 1.27× |
| Self-storage facilities | 36 | 7.4 | 1.31× |
| General freight trucking | 256 | 52.6 | 1.48× |
| Other specialty trade contractors (paving, asphalt, fencing) | 97 | 19.9 | 1.53× |
| Concrete foundation and structure contractors | 56 | 11.5 | 1.62× |
| Automobile dealers | 115 | 23.6 | 1.65× |
Index: local share of all establishments divided by the US share; above 1 means the trade is more common here than nationally.
Some trades are heavier here than in the country at large: automobile dealers, concrete contractors, specialty trade contractors and general freight trucking. Automobile dealers show it most, with 115 establishments, 1.6 times the share nationwide. Fewer than the national pattern would suggest: grocery stores, physicians' offices, child day care services and dentists. With 78 locations, grocery stores sit at about half of the national share. Close to the national mix: plumbing and HVAC contractors, electrical contractors and landscaping services.
Restaurants (902), general freight trucking (256) and legal services (248) are the biggest categories by establishment count. Per 100,000 residents: restaurants 185.3, followed by general freight trucking and legal services. Taken as groups, the strongest relative to the US mix are automotive businesses (1.4 times the national share) and the weakest are medical and dental practices (about 65% of).
Because automobile dealers, concrete contractors and specialty trade contractors are over-represented, a new entrant in those categories competes for a fixed pool of searches against many established profiles. Reviews, photos, response time and a page that answers the exact query are what move the needle; simply outbidding is expensive. For grocery stores, physicians' offices and child day care services the picture is the opposite. Fewer competing profiles means a complete listing, a fast site and a modest search budget can take a disproportionate share of the searches that exist. With a median age 1.6 years below the national median, expect more discovery through maps, short video and AI answers; search alone covers less of the market. Incomes 19 percent below the national figure mean value and clarity carry the message; offers should be plain and the path to a call short.
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Springfield, MO has 486,785 residents (US Census Bureau ACS 2024 5-year estimate), ranking 111th of 387 metropolitan areas.
The median household income in Springfield, MO is $65,071 (ACS 2024 5-year), below the US median of $80,734.
The Census Bureau counts 12,384 employer establishments in Springfield, MO (County Business Patterns 2023), or 25.4 businesses per 1,000 residents.
The median home value in Springfield, MO is $230,700, and 63.6% of homes are owner-occupied (ACS 2024 5-year).
Measured against the US business mix (County Business Patterns 2023), automobile dealers, concrete contractors and specialty trade contractors have more establishments per resident than the US average; grocery stores, physicians' offices and child day care services have fewer in Springfield, MO.
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Data: US Census Bureau ACS 2024 5-year estimates and County Business Patterns 2023. Updated 2026-09-29.