Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A typical home costs 3 years of the county’s $64K median household income.
Trash & recyclingThe best of Springfield’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for schools; the weakest is a C− for incomes. 2.6% of residents are under 18 in Springfield, against 22% in South Dakota’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. No town among the 36 in South Dakota we compare has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Springfield. On civic life, just 1 of South Dakota’s 73 towns do worse. Springfield has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Main Hall and Peter and Minnie Monfore House. Springfield has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Springfield beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Springfield Elementary - 03 | K–5 | 57 |
Peter and Minnie Monfore HouseWhere Springfield’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within South Dakota), ordered by how far Springfield is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1912.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
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 Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Springfield.
Its public schools are run by the Bon Homme School District 04-2. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Elementary - 03Largest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 57 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within SD on state tests and graduation
The typical Springfield home is worth about $194,000, up 11.3% in a year, 39% below the South Dakota typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents leave Springfield for work: only 15% work in town. At $56,000, Springfield’s median household income is where South Dakota’s towns sit at $72,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Springfield’s average trip to work is 22 minutes.
| Springfield | South Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 29% | 8% |
| Median household income | $56,000 | $72,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 17 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
23% of Springfield adults smoke cigarettes. Of the 36 South Dakota towns we compare, none has a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Springfield. 28% of Springfield adults get no exercise outside work.
| Springfield | South Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 14% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 19% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 69% | 76% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Springfield | SD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.5% | 9.2% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 21.5% | 25.8% |
| More uninsured adults | 13.7% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Springfield has cold, snowy winters and warm summers. Only 3 of the 36 South Dakota towns we compare have a higher July high than Springfield.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
None within 15 miles of Springfield; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Springfield residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across South Dakota.
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
2 notable people were born here, including Jack Martin and Maria Pearson.