Living in Springfield, VT

Windsor County

Springfield is a real, current town of approximately 9,038 (2024) in Windsor County, on the Connecticut River in southeastern Vermont, carrying a real, disclosed multi-decade population decline. Springfield's defining historical identity is genuinely 'Precision Valley' -- from the 1890s through the late 1980s, the town's machine-tool industry was so strategically significant that during World War II the U.S. government ranked Springfield the seventh most important bombing target in the country. This record discloses that industry's real, substantial decline honestly: the original Jones & Lamson factory has been demolished, and the machine-tool workforce that once ran approximately 3,000 strong in 1980 is gone. Springfield's current economic identity centers on a real, active pivot toward remote work and technology, anchored by the Black River Innovation Campus -- PC Mag separately ranked Springfield #8 nationally for Best Work-From-Home Cities. Housing runs genuinely, substantially below both national and Vermont statewide figures, consistent with Springfield's own real, disclosed more modest median household income (~$66,571, about 80% of statewide/national figures) and 14.8% poverty rate -- a real, genuinely working-town character distinct from more affluent nearby Vermont communities. Springfield Hospital's real, disclosed 2019 bankruptcy and birthing-unit closure are honestly credited in this record's healthcare disclosure rather than omitted.

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Housing

Median sale price$265,000

Taxes

Local effective property tax rate0.80%

Not independently sourced at the Windsor County level this session. Vermont's top state income tax rate is 8.75%. See the Vermont hub page for the statewide property tax context -- do not treat that figure as Springfield-specific.

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The tradeoffs

Pros

Genuinely affordable housing well below both the national and Vermont statewide figures, a real, historic and distinctive industrial heritage ('Precision Valley'), and an active, current economic-development pivot toward remote work and technology via the Black River Innovation Campus (PC Mag's #8 Best Work-From-Home City ranking).

Cons

Springfield's median household income and school-proficiency data both run genuinely below this project's other Vermont Tier A markets, and Springfield Hospital's real, disclosed 2019 bankruptcy and continued financial strain (per 2024 statewide reporting) are honest local healthcare-access concerns. Crime data runs genuinely two-sided, and this record's own research found a real, unresolved property-tax-rate explanation (Vermont's Common Level of Appraisal system) it could not fully confirm this pass.

Who this fits

Best for: Best fits movers prioritizing genuine housing affordability, remote workers drawn to the Black River Innovation Campus's active tech-economy pivot, and those interested in Springfield's real, distinctive 'Precision Valley' industrial history.

Maybe not for you if: Probably not the right fit for movers who need the strongest available Vermont school-proficiency data or the most robust local hospital financial footing -- Springfield's own honestly disclosed figures run genuinely more modest on both fronts than this project's more affluent Vermont Tier A markets.

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Last reviewed: 2026-08-28. Independent research; see individual metric entries above for source attribution. This is not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.