Photo: Midnight Believer · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in Springerville have lower incomes than those in 89% of U.S. towns
8.5% of residents live below the poverty line, against 12.5% across Arizona. Jobs and income earn Springerville D; getting around on foot earns it B. 6% of workers have no commute at all, where Arizona as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Springerville, in brief
Springerville is where the jobs are
Springerville has 826 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Springerville are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 25 across Arizona. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical Arizona worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 509 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Springerville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Springerville is better than 14% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Springerville’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.8%) is left out: Springerville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Springerville could be anywhere from D to C.
How many people are in Springerville by day
On a workday 408 residents head out to work, 101 work right here, and 725 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Springerville on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Springerville
About 38% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Each way, about 13 minutes from Springerville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Springerville workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 729 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Arizona: 82% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where Springerville’s workforce comes from
Where Springerville clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What the 826 jobs in Springerville are
826 jobs are based in Springerville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Springerville, 2013 → 2023: 861 → 826. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Springerville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Springerville, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Springerville is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Springerville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 779 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.0% of Springerville households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Springerville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Springerville places 4,471st of 5,760 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 916 | Fort Valley AZ | 1,761 | $126K | 5.2% | 0.6% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,130 | Centennial Park AZ | 1,839 | $168K | 3.5% | 2.5% | 31% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,152 | Bellemont AZ | 1,701 | $120K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,469 | Montour NY | 2,170 | $64K | 16.6% | 10.2% | 8% | D |
| 4,470 | Huston Township PA | 1,232 | $61K | 14.7% | 1.7% | 2% | D |
| 4,471 | Springerville AZ | 1,719 | $49K | 8.5% | 3.8% | 20% | D |
| 4,472 | New York Mills MN | 1,481 | $57K | 15.8% | 3.1% | 17% | D |
| 4,473 | Gerald MO | 1,350 | $61K | 14.5% | 6.1% | 5% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Springerville, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
Next door is work for 10% of Springerville
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Springerville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springerville | – | D | B | 13 min | $49,051 |
| Eagar | 10% | C | B+ | 18 min | $82,839 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Eagar. Darker towns draw more of Springerville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Springerville: questions
What is the median household income in Springerville?
$49,051 (±$5,341) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Springerville?
8.5%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Springerville?
13 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Springerville work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eagar (10%, 4 mi), Phoenix (9%, 165 mi), Greer (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Springerville walkable?
Springerville is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Springerville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Springerville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Springerville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.