Most of Springfield commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Springfield report 1,284 jobs for 3,390 working residents. For jobs and income Springfield is better than 38% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (B+). Household incomes here are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Springfield
A lot of Springfield works one town over
37% of working residents work in a town that borders Springfield: Panama City (32%), Callaway (3%) and Cedar Grove (2%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Springfield are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida 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.
Why Springfield gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Unemployment holds Springfield’s grade up (2.1%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (22.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Springfield could be anywhere from C− to B.
From Springfield, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Springfield workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,928 commuters (the 7% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Springfield
On a workday 3,288 residents head out to work, 102 work right here, and 1,182 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,400 people are in Springfield on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
32% of working residents work in Panama City
Where Springfield clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Springfield
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Springfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,077 → 1,284. 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 Springfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Springfield
About 22% 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.
In Springfield, the car does most of the work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.9% 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 4,234 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 73% 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 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 61% 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). 10.5% of Springfield households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Springfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Springfield ranks: 2,028th of 2,922 U.S. towns of 6,000 to 11,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 40 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 182 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 334 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,026 | St. Albans VT | 6,939 | $58K | 19.5% | 1.8% | 21% | C+ |
| 2,027 | Midway City CA | 7,999 | $67K | 18.0% | 6.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,028 | Springfield FL | 8,551 | $54K | 22.3% | 2.1% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,029 | Garrett IN | 6,694 | $64K | 15.3% | 4.6% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,030 | Princeton IN | 8,524 | $58K | 16.9% | 2.8% | 23% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,922 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Springfield, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
The towns next door employ 37% of Springfield
The biggest share goes to Panama City (32%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Springfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield | – | C+ | B+ | 23 min | $54,462 |
| Cedar Grove | 2% | C | A− | 27 min | $74,625 |
| Callaway | 3% | B− | B− | 24 min | $65,609 |
| Panama City | 32% | C | B+ | 21 min | $62,265 |
| Parker | under 2% | C+ | A | 24 min | $69,657 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Springfield’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 Springfield: questions
What is the median household income in Springfield?
$54,462 (±$12,679) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Springfield?
22.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Springfield?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Springfield work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Panama City (32%, 6 mi), Lynn Haven (10%, 5 mi), Panama City Beach (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Springfield walkable?
Springfield is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Springfield without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Springfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Springfield
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.