SpringfieldMI
A town of 5,246.
Is Springfield a good place to live?
Springfield grades D overall, ranked 668th of 697 in Michigan, mostly because of health and schools. Residents are less healthy than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its public schools trail 90% of Michigan towns on state tests and graduation. In its favor, natural-hazard risk is low. On civic life, just 14 of Michigan’s 1,265 towns do worse. 19% of residents live below the poverty line in Springfield, where Michigan’s towns sit at 8.9% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. The biggest park or preserve is Begg Park, at 22 acres.
What makes Springfield stand out
Where Springfield beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
How Springfield grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Springfield is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Springfield: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Springfield, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Springfield.
Springfield is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has homes that are cheap against local pay and trades workers with Battle Creek and other neighbors.
Springfield stands out in Michigan and nationally, with more of its adults who have obesity
Against the 3,928 U.S. towns with household incomes like Springfield’s, it is less healthy than 76%, so its D isn’t only a matter of income.
In Springfield, a quarter of adults worry about having enough food. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Springfield is ahead of Michigan on 1 and behind on 20.
| Springfield | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 14% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Springfield | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.4% | 8.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.5% | 10.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Springfield’s grade for schools is a D
Below: Two of its 5 schools, each with why it was picked. The 5 public schools in Springfield teach 1,889 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endeavor Charter AcademyLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 648 | C− |
| Battle Creek Area Learning CenterLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 194 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Zillow puts the typical Springfield home at about $145K
At 2.3 years of the Battle Creek metro’s $63K median household income, the typical home (about $145K) costs less against local pay than in 90% of Michigan towns; that ratio is one input to its B+ for cost of living. Home values rose 46% in five years, to about $145K, against 24% across Michigan.
Typical home values rose 7.2% in the year to September 2026. 52% of households own their home in Springfield. Its median rent comes in at $864 a month.
| Springfield | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 52% | 84% | 73% |
| Median rent | $864 a month | $1,047 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Springfield has a very low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Households in Springfield have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2000. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in just over four fifths of U.S. communities. 47% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 21%.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is Springfield’s year
Summer afternoons peak near 83° in July, and January nights bottom out around 17°; snowfall runs to about 65 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in three of Springfield’s working residents commute to Battle Creek
Springfield has about as many jobs (1,768) as working residents, but only 80 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 1,031 in 2011 to 1,768.
In Springfield, the average commute is 19 minutes. Just 4% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Since 2011, Springfield has added 737 jobs, to 1,768 in 2021. The top destinations are Battle Creek (37%), Emmett Township (4%) and Bedford Township (4%).
| Springfield | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $45,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.1% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Open space protected for good: 3.1% of Springfield
Springfield’s concentration of trails stands at 0.1 miles per square mile. There are 0.3 miles of trail across 5 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in the town: 5, covering 47 acres.
| Springfield | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.1% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Begg Park | — | 22 |
| 2. Rothchild Park | — | 16 |
| 3. Upton Park of Springfield | 0.1 mi | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Air Zoo and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Springfield. Close and well known come first.
18 mi Theme parkAir Zoo7 mi Zoo & aquariumBinder Park Zoo
13 mi MuseumGilmore Car Museum87K visitors a year
14 mi MuseumAmerican Museum of Magic
in town MuseumKingman Museum
18 mi MuseumKalamazoo Institute of ArtsPhoto credits
Air Zoo: User:my name, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gilmore Car Museum: Kevin S. Forsyth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · American Museum of Magic: rossograph, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kingman Museum: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Kalamazoo Institute of Arts: 72elyod, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Springfield
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Springfield
About 3 of every 100 Springfield residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Springfield
City in Michigan, United States
Springfield is a city in Calhoun County, Michigan, United States. It is an enclave of the city of Battle Creek. The population was 5,292 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 3.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 879 ft
Springfield’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Springfield.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield | #668 | D | B+ | — | D | D |
| Bedford Township | #624 | C− | B+ | — | C+ | C− |
Springfield and Bedford Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Springfield with a neighbor →
Questions about Springfield
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Springfield, MI a good place to live?
Springfield grades D overall, better than 10% of U.S. towns and #668 of 697 in Michigan. It grades D for health and D for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Springfield, MI expensive?
Not for the area. That is 2.3 years of the area's median household income ($63,177 across the Battle Creek, MI metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.