Spring Ridge has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
There are 6 jobs in Spring Ridge, and 206 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Spring Ridge itself; outside it, Gainesville draws the most (28%, 25 miles). The trip to work takes 30 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
The short version on getting to work from Spring Ridge
Spring Ridge is a place people come home to
There are 6 jobs based in Spring Ridge, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Spring Ridge has about 360 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
28% of Spring Ridge works in Gainesville
58 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Gainesville, 25 miles away. That’s far more as work in Spring Ridge itself. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% 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 ↓
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 206 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Spring Ridge for work, and who comes in
On a workday 206 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Spring Ridge on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Where Spring Ridge goes to work
Where Spring Ridge clocks in
28% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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.
How far Spring Ridge’s workers travel
About 30% 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.
Goods, not services: 83% of the jobs in Spring Ridge
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 6. 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 Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes to work from Spring Ridge
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 Ridge workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 142 commuters (the 15% 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.
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 Ridge: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Ridge?
$65,568 (±$22,859) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Ridge?
1.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Ridge?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Ridge work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gainesville (28%, 25 mi), Alachua (8%, 15 mi), Jacksonville (4%, 73 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spring Ridge 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 Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Ridge
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.