Springfield, Louisiana.
. Baton Rouge, LA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$411 (+58%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Louisiana$1,123
- United States$1,922
Living in Springfield, Livingston Parish, Louisiana
Springfield is a town of 427 people in Livingston Parish. Unemployment in Livingston Parish was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Livingston Parish work in schools and health care, then construction.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Springfield is a very small town in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, where neighbors are likely to know one another. Winters are cool and mild, with January the coldest month, and summers are hot, with August the warmest. Rain falls through the year in good measure, so the area stays green.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, the building trades, shops, and professional and business services, and very few work from home. Across Livingston Parish, some of the biggest workplaces are Livingston Parish Schools, Ferrara Fire Apparatus, which builds fire trucks, and Walmart. Unemployment across the parish has eased a little over the past year, and household incomes there are well above what is typical for the country.
Things to do. Tickfaw State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away and suits walking and time outdoors. The Amite River, also a short drive away, is another place to spend time by the water. For a game or a show, Strawberry Stadium and the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts are each a short drive away.
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- 2%work from home
What people in Livingston Parish work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Livingston Parish had 31,287 jobs in 2025, 0.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 62° and lows near 38°; warmest in August, with highs near 92° and lows near 71°. About 64 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hammond East weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Livingston Parish
- Livingston Parish SchoolsSchool district3,650FTE
- Epic Piping - Frost LocationPipe fabricating made from purchased metal pipe408
- Ferrara Fire ApparatusFire truck manufacturing371
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters351
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters330
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters288
- The Martin-Brower Company286
- pipe and steel industrial fabricatorsTube made from purchased iron or steel200
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 51 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 5,641 people in all across the county; Springfield has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- HurricanesVery high
- Inland floodingVery high
- Coastal floodingRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Springfield’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Livingston Parish and the Baton Rouge, LA metro.
Springfield home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Springfield listings — the market is roughly in balance.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Springfield29.26%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Springfield19
Zip codes with a Springfield address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Springfield — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.