Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Spring Hill works elsewhere
Spring Hill grades C+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Employers in Spring Hill report 21,464 jobs; 43,738 of its residents have a job. About one in seven work in Spring Hill itself; outside it, Tampa draws the most (7%, 36 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Spring Hill stands out on work
No single place dominates Spring Hill’s commute
The biggest draw, Tampa, gets only 7% of working residents, and 58% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Spring Hill residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Spring Hill has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Spring Hill went from 15,656 in 2013 to 21,464 in 2023, +37%. The jobs ↓
Spring Hill draws workers from far and wide
The 21,464 jobs in Spring Hill are filled from a wide area. Spring Hill’s own residents hold 31% and the ten next-biggest home towns 12%; the other 57% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Spring Hill’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Spring Hill is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #437 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Spring Hill’s grade up (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Spring Hill could be anywhere from C to B−.
The places Spring Hill commutes to
Where Spring Hill clocks in
7% of workers
7% of workers
3% 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 Spring Hill’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Hill, 2013 → 2023: 15,656 → 21,464. 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 Spring Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Spring Hill: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 36,982 residents head out to work, 6,756 work right here, and 14,708 people come in from elsewhere.
About 98,000 people are in Spring Hill on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Spring Hill takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Hill workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 42,812 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% 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.
Miles to work from Spring Hill
About 24% 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.
Getting around Spring Hill: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Spring Hill is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #308 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 49,924 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 58% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 6% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 59% 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). 3.9% of Spring Hill households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Spring Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
Spring Hill places 275th of 349 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 84,000 to 162,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Jordan UT | 87,614 | $134K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Carmel IN | 105,634 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 23% | A+ |
| 3 | Clay Township IN | 104,932 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 23% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Plantation FL | 99,183 | $93K | 10.0% | 4.0% | 10% | A− |
| 94 | Riverview FL | 113,697 | $100K | 7.5% | 4.3% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Miramar FL | 142,570 | $89K | 8.5% | 4.5% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 273 | North Township IN | 152,714 | $62K | 17.1% | 6.4% | 32% | C+ |
| 274 | Wayne Township IN | 150,959 | $57K | 18.5% | 5.3% | 15% | C+ |
| 275 | Spring Hill FL | 119,983 | $68K | 11.8% | 5.5% | 15% | C+ |
| 276 | Tuscaloosa AL | 114,316 | $51K | 25.1% | 7.7% | 46% | C+ |
| 277 | Santa Maria CA | 111,390 | $85K | 17.3% | 7.3% | 39% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 349 | Macon-Bibb County GA | 157,556 | $51K | 24.7% | 8.1% | 53% | 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 Spring Hill, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Spring Hill and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to High Point (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Hill | – | C+ | B+ | 30 min | $68,432 |
| Timber Pines | under 2% | C | C− | 26 min | $59,185 |
| South Brooksville | under 2% | C− | B | 32 min | $61,196 |
| Masaryktown | under 2% | B− | B− | 36 min | $60,938 |
| High Point | 3% | C | C+ | 20 min | $49,368 |
| Shady Hills | under 2% | C+ | C− | 33 min | $68,409 |
| Brookridge | under 2% | C | C− | 34 min | $53,989 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spring Hill’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 Spring Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Hill?
$68,432 (±$2,314) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Hill?
11.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Hill?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Hill work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tampa (7%, 36 mi), Brooksville (7%, 8 mi), High Point (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Spring Hill walkable?
Spring Hill is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spring Hill without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 6% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Hill
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.