Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Spring Lake works elsewhere
There are 29 jobs in Spring Lake, and 187 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Spring Lake; the top destination outside it is Brooksville (8%, 7 miles). The trip to work takes 43 minutes on average, where Florida has 28 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Spring Lake, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 187 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Spring Lake on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Commuting out of Spring Lake: the destinations
Where Spring Lake clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
90% of the jobs in Spring Lake make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Lake, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 29. 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 Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Spring Lake: about 43 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Lake workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 177 commuters (the 12% 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 Lake
About 20% 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.
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 Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Lake?
$92,614 (±$52,594) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Lake?
4.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Lake?
43 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Lake work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brooksville (8%, 7 mi), Tampa (6%, 38 mi), Spring Hill (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spring Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Lake
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.