With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Spring Lake Township works elsewhere
The two grades for Spring Lake Township are B+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability. 32 jobs are based in Spring Lake Township; 792 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Spring Lake Township; the top destination outside it is Pekin (18%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Spring Lake Township in brief
Spring Lake Township is a place people come home to
There are 32 jobs based in Spring Lake Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Spring Lake Township has about 900 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Spring Lake Township and Pekin trade workers both ways
Pekin is the top workplace for Spring Lake Township residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Spring Lake Township come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 792 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Spring Lake Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Spring Lake Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Spring Lake Township’s grade up (4.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.2%) is left out: Spring Lake Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Spring Lake Township could be anywhere from B to A−.
The daily commute in and out of Spring Lake Township
On a workday 785 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 900 people are in Spring Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 46% 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 places Spring Lake Township commutes to
Where Spring Lake Township clocks in
Lines 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.
Jobs in Spring Lake Township: what the 32 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Lake Township, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 32. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Spring Lake Township: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Lake Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 718 commuters (the 9% 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.
How far Spring Lake Township goes to work
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.
Most trips from Spring Lake Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Spring Lake Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Spring Lake Township 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 791 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). 2.0% of Spring Lake Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Spring Lake Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Spring Lake Township is 978th of 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 24 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 976 | Harlan IN | 1,254 | $75K | 5.6% | 5.9% | 5% | B+ |
| 977 | Deatsville AL | 1,715 | $124K | 4.0% | 5.6% | <1% | B+ |
| 978 | Spring Lake Township IL | 1,656 | $87K | 4.2% | 4.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 979 | Idaho Springs CO | 1,842 | $89K | 6.9% | 3.5% | 15% | B+ |
| 980 | Santa Fe Township IL | 1,215 | $89K | 2.9% | 0.4% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Lake Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Spring Lake Township
The biggest share goes to Cincinnati Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Lake Township | – | B+ | D− | 31 min | $86,685 |
| Timber Township | under 2% | C | C− | 26 min | $73,730 |
| Banner Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Quiver Township | under 2% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Hollis Township | under 2% | A− | D | 27 min | $87,069 |
| Manito Township | under 2% | B | B− | 27 min | $68,942 |
| Kingston Mines | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Liverpool Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Cincinnati Township | 2% | B | C | 24 min | $83,712 |
Same-state neighbors only. Banner Township, Quiver Township, Kingston Mines and Liverpool Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spring Lake Township’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 Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Lake Township?
$86,685 (±$9,168) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Lake Township?
4.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Lake Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Lake Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pekin (18%, 11 mi), Peoria (16%, 21 mi), Morton (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Spring Lake Township walkable?
Spring Lake Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spring Lake Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Lake Township
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.