Springfield, Michigan.
Typical home $145,444 (+7.2% in a year), asking rent $972 . Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$485 (+174%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $9,736 +7%
- $135,708$145,444 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $45,530 +46%
- $99,914$145,444 since Sep 2021
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.
- Springfield$763
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 9 years.
Typical home values in Springfield, MI rose 7.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Springfield, Oakland County, Michigan
Springfield is a township of 14,703 people in Oakland County. Half its households earn more than $110,101 a year and half less, against $97,760 across Oakland County; 7% of its people live below the poverty line. 83% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 17% are rented. Unemployment in Oakland County was 4.7% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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 township in Oakland County where most homes are lived in by their owners, and where residents are somewhat older than in many places. Household incomes run above the county's, and a good share of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers turn warm in July, with a fair amount of rain and melted snow spread through the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by manufacturing, shops and professional and business services. Local employers include Kroger Michigan KMA, Allied Construction Company and Szott Ford, a new car dealer. Commutes are fairly long, and a noticeable number of people work from home.
Things to do. Seven Lakes State Park and Pontiac Lake Recreation Area, both protected areas, are a short drive away, as is the Clinton River. For a longer outing, the Detroit Zoo and the Holocaust Memorial Center, a museum, are a longer drive away.
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- 5,588households
- 42%of adults have a degree
- 7%below the poverty line
- 31 mintypical commute
- 15%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Oakland County had 720,266 jobs in 2025, 0.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 29° and lows near 13°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 56°. About 62 inches of snow and 35 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the White Lake 4E weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Springfield
- OWL Services USATank lining contractors259
- Kroger Michigan KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores116
- Allied Construction CompanyAsphalt paving100
- Automation & Modular ComponentsBelt conveyor systems manufacturing84
- Szott FordNew car dealers66
- Michigan Web PressNewspapers commercial printing without publishing55
- Schumacher ElectricLow voltage electrical work48
- Mauser Packaging SolutionsAwnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing42
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 770 people in all. 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
- TornadoesVery high
- Ice stormsVery high
- Cold wavesVery high
- Strong windVery high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Oakland County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively 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 Oakland County and the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 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.
- Springfield$145,444
- Michigan$263,760
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Springfield listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
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.
- Springfield28.44%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Springfield9
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Springfield10
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.