Most of Spring Point Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Spring Point Township report 70 jobs, and 610 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Spring Point Township are B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 1% work in Spring Point Township; the top destination outside it is Effingham (22%, 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 Point Township in brief
Spring Point Township is a place people come home to
There are 70 jobs based in Spring Point Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Spring Point Township has about 770 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Spring Point Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (14 to 30 minutes). 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; with 610 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Spring Point Township
On income, poverty and job access, Spring Point Township is better than 70% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Spring Point Township’s grade up (2.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Spring Point 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 Point Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
How many people are in Spring Point Township by day
On a workday 602 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in Spring Point Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Commuting from Spring Point Township: about 36 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Point Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 725 commuters (the 10% 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.
Where Spring Point Township’s working residents head each day
Where Spring Point Township clocks in
22% of workers
14% 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.
Spring Point Township works in goods: 47% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Point Township, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 70. 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 Point Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Spring Point Township
About 27% 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.
Getting around Spring Point Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Spring Point Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 1.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 804 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Spring Point Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Spring Point Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
937th of 5,400: where Spring Point Township ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 935 | Newcastle CA | 1,585 | $109K | 12.4% | 2.8% | 1% | B+ |
| 936 | Kings Mills OH | 1,175 | $140K | 19.1% | 2.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 937 | Spring Point Township IL | 1,305 | $90K | 2.2% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 938 | Forest Township MN | 1,377 | $126K | 10.4% | 4.2% | <1% | B+ |
| 939 | Winfield Township NJ | 1,450 | $64K | 8.5% | 8.4% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Point Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Spring Point Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Point Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Point Township | – | B+ | C | 36 min | $90,430 |
| Woodbury Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Sigel Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Neoga Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 19 min | $88,667 |
| Sumpter Township | under 2% | C | B− | 21 min | $70,556 |
| St. Francis Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 18 min | $81,607 |
| Douglas Township | under 2% | B | B+ | 14 min | $74,666 |
| Grove Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Woodbury Township, Sigel Township and Grove Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spring Point 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 Point Township: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Point Township?
$90,430 (±$22,849) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Point Township?
2.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Point Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Point Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Effingham (22%, 11 mi), Mattoon (14%, 18 mi), Neoga (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Spring Point Township walkable?
Spring Point Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 1.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spring Point Township 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 Point Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Point 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.