Springfield, MO Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Springfield, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Springfield sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of October 2026.

The snapshot

• •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 1,150
• •Median sold price, last 6 months: $220,000
• •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $154
• •Middle half of sales closed between: $159,995 and $285,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 1,150 closed sales in Springfield over the last six months, with a median closing price of $220,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $159,995 and $285,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. The large tracked sample provides substantial market-level evidence. 95% of the Springfield closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 1,140 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $128 and $175 per square foot.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Springfield, MO (October 2026)

The median home price in Springfield is $220,000, measured across the 1,150 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $159,995 and $285,000.

Where Springfield sale prices land

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Springfield over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $159,995 and $285,000. Among the 44 Missouri markets with a published band, Springfield's middle-half spread ($159,995 to $285,000) ranks 33rd from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

How long a sale takes here

• •Listed to under contract: a median of 8 days, across 914 Springfield closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
• •Contract to closing: a median of 31 days, across 978 Springfield closings Resideline tracked in the last six months

The Springfield angle

The band is close to even around $220,000: the ground down to $159,995 and the ground up to $285,000 are about the same. Closings are spread about as far below the median as above it.

Springfield market data by ZIP code

Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for Springfield ZIP codes: 65802 · 65807 · 65803 · 65804 · 65810.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale, so it cannot be revised once the sale price is known. Grading it is a different matter in Missouri: because sale prices are not public record here, a confirmed closing price reaches us for only a small share of Missouri homes, and most Missouri estimates stay frozen and ungraded. The accuracy scoreboard is therefore a national record rather than a Missouri one. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Springfield address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

Cite this

Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:

Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Springfield, MO
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 2970000
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 1,150
Median sold price: $220,000
Median sold $/sqft: $154 (1,140 qualifying)
Property mix: 95% houses
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Springfield over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.