Jobs and the daily commute in Spring Township
0% of workers have no commute at all, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. Only 2% work in Spring Township itself; outside it, Rockford draws the most (18%, 16 miles). The average commute takes 26 minutes each way; Illinois averages 28, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Spring Township apart
Stores, warehouses and trucking
76% of the jobs in Spring Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Spring Township and Rockford trade workers both ways
Rockford is the top workplace for Spring Township residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Spring Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Spring Township
60% of Spring Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 25% of the jobs based in Spring Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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 306 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Spring Township’s 463 jobs
463 jobs are based in Spring Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Township, 2013 → 2023: 410 → 463. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into Spring Township
Where Spring Township clocks in
18% of workers
17% of workers
4% 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 Township fills up on a workday
On a workday 301 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 458 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Spring Township on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
From Spring Township, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 324 commuters (the 0% 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 many miles Spring Township commutes
About 18% 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.
How Spring Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $135,595 |
| Flora Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 24 min | $53,654 |
| Riley Township | under 2% | A | C− | 32 min | $164,764 |
| Bonus Township | under 2% | B | D | 27 min | $100,806 |
| Kingston Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 35 min | $103,286 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spring 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Township?
$135,595 (±$59,207) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Township?
16.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockford (18%, 16 mi), Belvidere (17%, 8 mi), Chicago (4%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spring 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 Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring 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.