Springfield, Vermont.
Typical home $242,237 (+2.7% in a year), asking rent $1,425 . Lebanon, NH-VT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$718 (+130%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $6,255 +3%
- $235,982$242,237 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $53,706 +28%
- $188,531$242,237 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$1,271
- Vermont$2,057
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.
Typical home values in Springfield, VT rose 2.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont
Springfield, in Windsor County, had 4,189 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $46,760 a year and half less, against $77,594 across Windsor County; 19% of its people live below the poverty line. 49% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 51% are rented. Unemployment in Windsor County was 2.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% more 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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 small Vermont community where incomes run well below the county's, and fewer homes are lived in by their owners than is typical, so renting is common. Adults here are less likely to hold a four-year degree than people elsewhere. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while July brings warm days, and moisture falls steadily through the year as rain and melted snow.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops and professional and business services also employing many. Among the largest workplaces in Springfield are the Springfield School District, HB Energy Solutions and River Valley Technical Center Schools. Few people work from home, and the typical commute is a moderate one.
Things to do. A short drive away, the Black River and the Sugar River offer time by the water, and the Fort at Number 4 is a museum of the region's early history. William C. Putnam State Forest is also close by for walking among the trees. A longer drive brings you to Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park, a protected area honoring one of the country's best known sculptors.
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- 1,829households
- 18%of adults have a degree
- 19%below the poverty line
- 23 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Windsor County had 23,203 jobs in 2025, 0.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 29° and lows near 9°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 57°. About 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the North Springfield Lake weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Springfield
- Springfield School DistrictSchool district166FTE
- HB Energy SolutionsPlumbing and heating contractors40
- River Valley Technical Center SchoolsSchool district21FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1 workplace with 20 or more staff, 40 people in all. 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
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
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, relatively moderate. 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 Windsor County and the Lebanon, NH-VT 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$242,237
- Vermont$391,900
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Springfield listings — the market is heating up.
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.
- Springfield19.76%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Springfield39
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Springfield12
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.
Zip codes in Springfield
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05156 | Springfield | 9,116 | $1,538 | $248,992 |
| 05150 | North Springfield | 418 | — | $243,669 |