SpringfieldWI
A town of 1,010.
Is Springfield a good place to live?
Springfield’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for incomes; its weakest is a C for walkability. On cost of living, just 13 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do better. Springfield's schools rank ahead of 72% of Wisconsin towns. Of the 363 Wisconsin towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Springfield. Glen Hills County Park, at 655 acres with 4.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Springfield has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,010 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Springfield grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), 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 Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Springfield.
With only 0.0 jobs per working resident, most people in Springfield work out of town
For Springfield, the median household income is $97,000. The town’s mean commuting time stands at 28 minutes, above both the Wisconsin town median (22 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The share of residents in Springfield who live below the poverty line: 2.4%. Jobs here fell by 22 from 2013 to 2023, to 20.
| Springfield | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.4% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $97,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: low risk in Springfield, mostly inland flooding
Springfield’s FEMA risk score stands at 30 of 100, where Wisconsin’s towns sit at 23 of 100 and U.S. towns at 44 of 100. Expected losses in Springfield break down as 51% from inland flooding and 17% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Springfield ranks healthier than 54% of the country’s towns
Springfield: a fifth of adults binge drink. Among adults in the town, 76% had a checkup this year and 30% feel lonely.
| Springfield | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 20% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 78% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 30% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Open space protected for good: 3.2% of Springfield
6.3 miles of trail wind through 1 park or preserve. Springfield’s trail network density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Springfield | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.2% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Glen Hills County Park | 4.5 mi | 655 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Springfield
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Springfield; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Springfield residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
100% of working residents leave Springfield for work
Where Springfield’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Springfield
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Springfield is a town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 993 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Hersey is located in the town.
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- Area
- 34 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,142 ft
Questions about Springfield
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Springfield, WI expensive?
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.