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Jobs & commute in Springville

Springville has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Springville has 106 jobs, against 282 working residents. Only 4% work in Springville itself; outside it, Porterville draws the most (20%, 12 miles). 0% of workers work from home, against 17% across California.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

What stands out about work in Springville

Springville and Porterville trade workers both ways

Porterville is the top workplace for Springville residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Springville come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓

A big share show a job far from home

37% 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 ↓

Few Springville workers work from home

Only 0% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 282 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · The commute map

Out of Springville to work: where people go

Lindsay: 5 residents work here (2%)KermanKingsburgSangerCorcoran: 8 residents work here (3%)ClovisTularePorterville: 55 residents work here (20%)Visalia: 23 residents work here (8%)San Diego: 5 residents work here (2%)Los Angeles: 5 residents work here (2%)Fresno: 8 residents work here (3%)Bakersfield: 10 residents work here (4%)Strathmore: 5 residents work here (2%)SpringvilleEast PortervillePortervilleVisaliaBakersfieldCorcoranFresnoLindsaySpringville
1
Porterville12.4 mi away
20%55
2
Visalia31.6 mi away
8%23
3
Springville (in town)right here
4%12
4
Bakersfield54.4 mi away
4%10
5
Corcoran41.3 mi away
3%8
6
Fresno70.8 mi away
3%8
7
Lindsay16.3 mi away
2%5
8
San Diego247.2 mi away
2%5
9
Los Angeles147.1 mi away
2%5
10
Strathmore13.6 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%146
The top trips

Where Springville clocks in

Lines 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.

How far

The distance from Springville to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPorterville: 20% · 12.4 miVisalia: 8% · 31.6 miBakersfield: 4% · 54.4 miCorcoran: 3% · 41.3 miFresno: 3% · 70.8 miLindsay: 2% · 16.3 miSan Diego: 2% · 247.2 miLos Angeles: 2% · 147.1 miStrathmore: 2% · 13.6 miPorterville 20%Visalia 8%Bakersfield 4%Corcoran 3%Fresno 3%Springville
SpringvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
13%Under 10 mi36 residents
31%10–24 mi88 residents
19%25–50 mi54 residents
37%Over 50 mi104 residents

About 37% 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.

Time on the road

About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of California

A year of commuting
177 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Springville23 min
California29 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Springville workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Springville gets to work
78%Drive alone
10%Carpool
12%Walk

Share of the 267 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Day and night

A workday in Springville: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 270 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere.

270live here, work elsewhere
12live and work here
94work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night510
Workday340
510live here− 270head out to work+ 94come in to work= 340on a workday

About 340 people are in Springville on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.38jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

Jobs based in SpringvilleJobs Springville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms1%24%
Trade, transport & utilities8%15%
Services: health, schools, offices91%62%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less20%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%26%
Over $3,333 a month41%62%

Who does it

29 or younger22%17%
30 to 5449%57%
55 and older29%27%
+16%

Jobs based in Springville, 2013 → 2023: 91 → 106. 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 Springville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Springville: questions

What is the median household income in Springville?

$99,000 (±$71,324) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Springville?

8.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Springville?

23 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Springville work?

4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Porterville (20%, 12 mi), Visalia (8%, 32 mi), Bakersfield (4%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Springville without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 25% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Springville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Springville

Springville home →

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.