Households in Spring Grove have higher incomes than those in 92% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 1.4% of residents, against 11.8% across Illinois. Spring Grove grades A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 5% work in Spring Grove itself; outside it, Chicago draws the most (11%, 51 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Spring Grove apart
Spring Grove’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Spring Grove is Chicago, 51 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (326) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Spring Grove makes and builds things
57% of the jobs based in Spring Grove are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Spring Grove residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
Spring Grove workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical 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.
Inside Spring Grove’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Spring Grove is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #233 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate holds Spring Grove’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (7.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Spring Grove could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Miles to work from Spring Grove
About 15% 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.
57% of the jobs in Spring Grove make or build things
2,019 jobs are based in Spring Grove.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Grove, 2013 → 2023: 2,096 → 2,019. 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 Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Spring Grove: about 34 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Grove workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,976 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily flow of workers through Spring Grove
On a workday 2,837 residents head out to work, 164 work right here, and 1,855 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,500 people are in Spring Grove on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Grove’s residents
Where Spring Grove clocks in
11% 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.
In Spring Grove, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Spring Grove is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns, #578 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Spring Grove near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,577 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.3% of Spring Grove households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Spring Grove’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Spring Grove is 754th among 3,502 U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,500
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 13 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Northfield IL | 5,632 | $162K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Grandwood Park IL | 5,262 | $127K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 752 | Ovilla TX | 4,808 | $131K | 5.9% | 6.2% | 1% | A− |
| 753 | Slinger WI | 6,495 | $101K | 2.9% | 5.5% | 7% | A− |
| 754 | Spring Grove IL | 5,526 | $134K | 1.4% | 7.3% | 5% | A− |
| 755 | Limington ME | 4,173 | $85K | 3.4% | 0.4% | 5% | A− |
| 756 | Brady Township MI | 4,485 | $109K | 3.9% | 3.6% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,502 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Grove, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Around Spring Grove: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Grove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Grove | – | A− | C+ | 34 min | $134,210 |
| Fox Lake | under 2% | B− | A− | 34 min | $70,819 |
| Pistakee Highlands | under 2% | A | C+ | 36 min | $102,986 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spring Grove’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 Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Grove?
$134,210 (±$10,184) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Grove?
1.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Grove?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Grove work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (11%, 51 mi), Richmond (4%, 4 mi), McHenry (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Spring Grove walkable?
Spring Grove is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spring Grove without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Grove
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.