Census-designated place · Windsor County, Vermont

Springfield, Vermont

Springfield is a census-designated place in Windsor County, Vermont, part of the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT metro area. It has 4,237 residents. Springfield, Vermont has a quality-of-life score of 71 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,585 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Vermont it ranks #40 of 51 cities and towns. It ranks best on public EV charging ports (high), hospital quality rating (high) and public libraries (high). It ranks worst on effective property tax rate (high), depression (high) and child care cost burden (high).

71High

Quality-of-life score: #4,585 of 15,651 cities and towns
Vermont: #40 of 51 in VT
Population: 4,237 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 1,267.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 5069475

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety63#5,745/15,637
Economy13#13,620/15,631
Housing32#10,135/14,977
Health40#9,404/15,609
Healthcare95#765/15,650
Environment79#3,315/15,453
Education73#4,252/15,649
Infrastructure62#5,896/15,650
Community74#4,019/15,651
Leisure & amenities96#642/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Springfield, Vermont ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Windsor County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Public EV charging ports · high26.2 /10k
98/100Vermont 20.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyWindsor County value
Hospital quality rating · high5.0
98/100Vermont 3.3United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWindsor County value
Public libraries · high4.2 /10k
98/100Vermont 2.9 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesWindsor County value
High school diploma or higher · high89.1%
95/100Vermont 94.9%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high9.8 /10k
95/100Vermont 8.7 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWindsor County value
Students per teacher · low10.9×
94/100Vermont 11.4×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsWindsor County value

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.55%
1/100Vermont 1.51%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Depression · high31.3%
2/100Vermont 27.8%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Child care cost burden · high45.4%
2/100Vermont 50.1%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWindsor County value
Suicide rate · high29.3 /100k
4/100Vermont 21.6 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataWindsor County value
Comfortable days · low22.7%
6/100Vermont 21.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationWindsor County value
Job growth · low-2.8%
7/100Vermont -1.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataWindsor County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
3,793 (2015-2019) → 4,237 (2020-2024)
+12%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.0% (2015-2019) → 88.6% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
17.2% (2015-2019) → 28.5% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
59.0% (2015-2019) → 49.2% (2020-2024)
−9.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
38.7% (2015-2019) → 29.8% (2020-2024)
−8.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$37,273 (2015-2019) → $46,760 (2020-2024)
+25%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Springfield, Vermont improved on 0 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Springfield, Vermont between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.1 min2015-2019	23.0 min2020-2024	−1.1 min	Within the margin of error	62%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%2015-2019	18.0%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Broadband subscriptions	76.0%2015-2019	88.6%2020-2024	+13 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Child poverty rate	17.2%2015-2019	28.5%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Effective property tax rate	2.78%2015-2019	2.55%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	63%
High school diploma or higher	89.7%2015-2019	89.1%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Home price to income ratio	3.6×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	−0.4×	Within the margin of error	93%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4372015-2019	0.4472020-2024	+0.011	Within the margin of error	41%
Median household income	$37,2732015-2019	$46,7602020-2024	+25%	Within the margin of error	45%
Poverty rate	19.8%2015-2019	18.7%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Rent as share of income	38.7%2015-2019	29.8%2020-2024	−8.9 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Rent-burdened households	59.0%2015-2019	49.2%2020-2024	−9.9 points	Within the margin of error	82%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Springfield, Vermont five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Springfield, Vermont in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Springfield, Vermont itself moved +8.4 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

4,237 residents (±637)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 men (−3.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

4,237 residents (±637)

Springfield, Vermont
Vermont share

White91%3,848
Black0.6%†24
Hispanic or Latino2.6%†110

Education

2,751 residents (±370)

Springfield, Vermont
Vermont share

No high school diploma11%†301
High school or GED40%1,092
Some college15%†426

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,829 households (±279)

Springfield, Vermont
Vermont share

Under $25k32%†578
$25k–50k21%†375
$50k–75k13%†230
$75k–100k14%†253
$100k–150k15%†273
$150k–200k5.2%†96
$200k or more1.3%†24

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $150k–200k (+5.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,829 households (±279)

Springfield, Vermont
Vermont share

Own49%897
Rent51%932

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

907 households (±220)

Springfield, Vermont
Vermont share

Under $75039%†354
$750–1,00028%†254
$1,000–1,50025%†228

Home values

897 homes (±193)

Springfield, Vermont
Vermont share

Under $150k52%†466
$150k–250k43%†388
$250k–400k2.6%†23

Age of homes

2,150 homes (±305)

Springfield, Vermont
Vermont share

2010 or later0.0%0
2000–20092.0%†43
1980–199911%†245

Size of homes

2,150 homes (±305)

Springfield, Vermont
Vermont share

Studio8.5%†182
1 bedroom23%†500
2 bedrooms22%†470

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,513 workers (±306)

Springfield, Vermont
Vermont share

Drive alone70%1,066
Carpool15%†230
Public transit0.1%†2
Walk2.8%†43
Bike0.0%0
Work from home5.8%†87
Other5.6%†85

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Walk (−8.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,426 workers (±299)

Springfield, Vermont
Vermont share

Under 15 min46%†663
15–29 min20%†280
30–44 min15%†213

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Windsor County, the county holding most of Springfield's residents.

Windsor County has 1,926 employer establishments, 332 for every 10,000 residents (1.34× the US rate of 248; 1.03× Vermont's), with 19,255 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,045. The Census Bureau also counts 6,238 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,926; 6,238 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 332; US 248 · Vermont 322
Paid employees: 19,255
Average annual pay: $56,045; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Windsor County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	189	32.6	2.11×More than typical	636	$63,759	630
Construction of buildings	113	19.5	2.58×More than typical	391	$61,363	290
Restaurants and other eating places	113	19.5	1.06×About typical	1,327	$25,243	15
Lessors of real estate	97	16.7	1.36×More than typical	256	$43,984	605
Services to buildings and dwellings	88	15.2	2.25×More than typical	284	$42,141	535
Ambulatory health care services	83	14.3	0.69×Fewer than typical	1,219	$64,287	348
Landscaping services	66	11.4	3.25×More than typical	185	$53,189	240
Other specialty trade contractors	63	10.9	4.33×More than typical	232	$74,289	191
Building equipment contractors	61	10.5	1.75×More than typical	226	$63,469	95
Full-service restaurants	59	10.2	1.33×More than typical	803	$25,516	5
Traveler accommodation	48	8.3	4.59×More than typical	1,695	$33,176	50
Limited-service restaurants	45	7.8	0.97×About typical	429	$25,594	9

Rank places for an industry Open Windsor County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 57,937 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $34.8K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Springfield, Vermont: $8.22 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $34.8K; +25% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8.22; US $1,994
Sole-source: 77%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$26.8K77%
Department of the Army$8,64225%

Top recipients

105 CHESTER ROAD OPCO LLC$26.8K77%
J & L METROLOGY, INC.$5,37215%
GREENFIELD INTERNATIONAL CORP.$1,0703.1%
REDSTART, INC$6771.9%
JE BRICK HOMES INC$6131.8%

Spending by fiscal year

53.2KFY2017
44.8KFY2018
29.8KFY2019
51.5KFY2020
11.3KFY2021
23.8KFY2022
24.6KFY2023
8.4KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$26.8K77%
Metalworking machinery manufacturing · 3335$5,37215%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$2,7307.8%
Investigation and security services · 5616$5411.6%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Springfield, Vermont, so they do not add up across cities.

Springfield, Vermont's figures are part of those of Windsor County, VT ($61M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Springfield is mostly in Windsor County.

See federal money in Windsor County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Springfield, Vermont is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Becca BalintD-VT · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 1.2%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Windsor County93100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT93

Other cities and towns in Windsor County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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