City safety & data profile
SpringfieldOR
Springfield, OR is a 61K-resident city in Lane County with a median household income of $68,761.
Lane County, Oregon. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Springfield, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Springfield has a population larger than 84% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $358,700, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 61K
- Population (place)
- Top 16%
- By size
- $68,761
- Median income (place)
- $358,700
- Median home (place)
- 14.9%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Springfield
Springfield posts a median household income higher than 35% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Springfield area.
- Bottom 36%
- by median income, US cities
- 2
- hospitals in & near Springfield
Composite score · Springfield, OR
34/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Compare against every tracked city: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Springfield income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$68,761 Bottom 35% higher than 35% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
OR cities ranked by population
Population among 57 OR places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Portland
Portland, OR
652,503 residents
- Eugene 176,654
Eugene, OR
176,654 residents
- Salem 175,535
Salem, OR
175,535 residents
- Gresham 110,553
Gresham, OR
110,553 residents
- Hillsboro 102,347
Hillsboro, OR
102,347 residents
- Beaverton 96,577
Beaverton, OR
96,577 residents
- Bend 87,014
Bend, OR
87,014 residents
- Medford 79,805
Medford, OR
79,805 residents
- Springfield 60,870
Springfield, OR
60,870 residents
- Corvallis 55,780
Corvallis, OR
55,780 residents
What this shows Portland tops this pool by population; the income lead belongs to Bethany instead.
Income ranking: OR
Median household income among the same 57-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Bethany
Bethany, OR
$167,735 median
- Cedar Mill
Cedar Mill, OR
$164,079 median
- West Linn
West Linn, OR
$146,507 median
- Lake Oswego
Lake Oswego, OR
$141,549 median
- Oak Hills
Oak Hills, OR
$127,179 median
- Damascus
Damascus, OR
$122,500 median
- Happy Valley
Happy Valley, OR
$122,151 median
- Sherwood
Sherwood, OR
$109,966 median
- Sandy
Sandy, OR
$108,984 median
- Tigard
Tigard, OR
$108,823 median
What this shows Income honors go to Bethany here -- by headcount, that title belongs to Portland.
The quick read
Reading Springfield, OR beyond the headline numbers
Springfield sits inside Lane County, Oregon, at roughly 44.05°N, -123.02°W. Population 60,870, $68,761 median household income. Median home value $358,700, median rent $1,258. Poverty rate 14.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
2 hospitals in/around Springfield, 4/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.
Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 12.9% in Springfield, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.
A median home in Springfield runs about 5.2 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
22.4% of Springfield adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
Poverty in Springfield, OR stands at 14.9%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
Remote work covers 9.8% of Springfield workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Median rent in Springfield, OR runs $1,258/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.
Unemployment in Springfield sits at 5.1%, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Springfield from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
The 10-Year Trend 2013–2024
County-level trend (Lane County): Springfield's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economic Snapshot
What stands out most about Springfield's economic profile: median household income at $68,761, 23% below the average across tracked places. Poverty rate runs 20% above average too, at 14.9%.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 14.9% +20% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 5.1% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 22.4% |
| Work From Home | 9.8% |
| Public Transit | 1.9% |
Headcount
Community Health 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Local Hospitals 2 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Cost of Living
BEA 20241.6% above national average
Metro area: Eugene, OR (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
Flood Insurance Claims History
FEMA NFIP, county-level38 flood insurance claims have been filed in Lane County since 2016, with $381K paid out by the NFIP.
The NFIP record does not attribute most of this county's claims to one named flood event.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Springfield?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Springfield right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet OR-SPRINGFIELD-OR · Springfield
Springfield: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Springfield; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Oregon state hubs · Methodology
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Similar poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Springfield, both outside Oregon so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OR (14.9% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OR ($68,761 here).
Compare Springfield with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Cities Close By 8
Next steps for Springfield
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Springfield area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Income and poverty rate tell different stories, two places sharing a median can still diverge sharply on poverty.
- Compare Springfield against Oregon peers on any ranking lens. Explore Oregon
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Lane County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.