2025 Compare Cities Rankings:
Hattiesburg, MS vs Springfield, MA

#53 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

#66 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

#300 2005 Best Places to Live

#329 Best Green Cities

#4 Best Green Cities

#6 Best Cities for Teleworking - Small Metro Areas

#9 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating

#12 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#17 The Most Single Cities

#20 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#30 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#33 2005 High Gas Prices

#47 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)

#63 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#63 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?

#71 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#89 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#251 2005 Best Places to Live

Hattiesburg is generally a pleasant city to live in and raise a family, and is a convenient for several weekend destinations, but I'm seriously contemplating a move.  More

Hattiesburg experiences virtually all of the extremes in weather. The summers are hot and humid. Fall is still pretty nasty, except for the latter part of September.  More

I grew up in Hattiesburg but have lived in many US & Int'l cities. There is an oddity about Hattiesburg. Many of the average citizens behave cliquishly, live beyond  More

Springfield is experiencing a rejeuvenation. Does the city have issues? Of course, what medium-sized city doesn't? During the past year, a new $1 billion MGM  More

This city has a bad rep that is unwarranted. I just bought a terrific little house in a quiet and friendly neighborhood. Everywhere I go in this town, people are  More

I just moved to Springfield almost a year now. I moved there because I know the housing stock there is plentiful. It's also very affordable. The most affordable place to  More