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Population (year 2000): 14,429
Males: 6,805 (47.2%), Females: 7,624 (52.8%)
Median resident age: 42.1 years
Median household income: $73,790 (year 2000)
Median house value: $250,500 (year 2000)
Races in Springfield:
- White Non-Hispanic (86.6%)
- Hispanic (4.1%)
- Black (3.7%)
- Chinese (1.6%)
- Asian Indian (1.5%)
- Other race (1.0%)
- Two or more races (0.9%)
- Filipino (0.8%)
Ancestries: Italian (21.0%), German (10.7%),
Russian (10.3%), Irish (10.2%), Polish (9.2%), United States
(4.8%).
Land area: 5.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Springfield
- High school or higher: 90.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 46.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 16.8%
- Unemployed: 1.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 27.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Springfield CDP
- Never married: 20.7%
- Now married: 63.0%
- Separated: 1.0%
- Widowed: 8.9%
- Divorced: 6.4%
20.4% Foreign born (10.7% Europe, 4.4% Asia,
3.7% Latin America).
Hospitals/medical centers near Springfield:
- CHILDRENS SPECIALIZED HOSP (about 3 miles;
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ)
- TRINITAS HOSPITAL (about 3 miles; ELIZABETH, NJ)
- MUHLENBERG REGIONAL MED CTR (about 3 miles;
PLAINFIELD, NJ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Springfield:
- NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 11 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID:
EWR)
- TETERBORO (about 22 miles; TETERBORO, NJ; ID: TEB)
- PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 23 miles;
NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Springfield:
- MORRISTOWN MUNI (about 8 miles; MORRISTOWN, NJ; ID:
MMU)
- LINDEN (about 9 miles; LINDEN, NJ; ID: LDJ)
- ESSEX COUNTY (about 12 miles; CALDWELL, NJ; ID: CDW)
Amtrak stations near Springfield:
- 9 miles: NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NEWARK, ).
Services: ticket office, enclosed waiting area, public
restrooms, public payphones.
- 10 miles: METROPARK (ISELIN, 100 MIDDLESEX-ESSEX
TPK.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair
accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, paid short-term parking, call for car
rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.
- 12 miles: NEWARK (RAYMOND PLAZA WEST). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack
bar, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term
parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand,
intercity bus service, public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Springfield:
- UNION COUNTY COLLEGE (about 4 miles; CRANFORD, NJ;
Full-time enrollment: 5,856)
- KEAN UNIVERSITY (about 4 miles; UNION, NJ; FT
enrollment: 8,627)
- SETON HALL UNIVERSITY (about 6 miles; SOUTH ORANGE,
NJ; FT enrollment: 7,509)
- DREW UNIVERSITY (about 8 miles; MADISON, NJ; FT
enrollment: 2,133)
- UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY
(about 11 miles; NEWARK, NJ; FT enrollment: 4,134)
- RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEWARK (about 11 miles; NEWARK,
NJ; FT enrollment: 6,878)
- NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 11 miles;
NEWARK, NJ; FT enrollment: 6,565)
Public high school in Springfield:
- JONATHAN DAYTON HIGH SCH (Students: 539;
Location: MOUNTAIN AVENUE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Springfield:
- FLORENCE M. GAUDINEER (Students: 594;
Location: S.SPRINGFIELD AVE; Grades: 05 - 08)
- THELMA L. SANDMEIER (Students: 317; Location:
666 SOUTH SPRINGFIELD AVENUE; Grades: 01 - 04)
- EDWARD V. WALTON (Students: 294; Location:
MOUNTAIN AVENUE; Grades: PK - KG)
- JAMES CALDWELL (Students: 284; Location: 36
CALDWELL PLACE; Grades: 01 - 04)
Private primary/middle schools in Springfield:
- ST JAMES SCHOOL (Students: 179; Location: 41
S SPRINGFIELD AVE; Grades: PK - 8)
- CHILDRENS ACAD-SPRINGFIELD (Students: 101;
Location: 37 CHURCH MALL; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in Springfield:
- SPRINGFIELD FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $889,900; Location: 66 MOUNTAIN AVENUE; 72,537
books; 7,941 audio materials; 1,518 video materials; 249
serial subscriptions)
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