Photo: PopePompus · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Spring Hill commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
26% of workers work from home, next to 11% for Iowa as a whole. Spring Hill has 2 jobs for 27 working residents. Hardly any work in Spring Hill; the top destination outside it is Des Moines (22%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Spring Hill on a workday afternoon
On a workday 27 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 46 people are in Spring Hill on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
The towns that employ Spring Hill’s residents
Where Spring Hill clocks in
15% of workers
15% 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.
In Spring Hill, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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.
Commuting from Spring Hill: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Hill workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17 commuters (the 26% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Spring Hill
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 Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Hill?
$86,250 (±$79,077) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Hill?
7.7%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Hill?
19 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Hill work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Des Moines (22%, 11 mi), Norwalk (15%, 6 mi), West Des Moines (15%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spring Hill 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 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.