Olde Store (John O'Ferrell Store) · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainSpringfield Township’s household incomes are lower than in 71% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Springfield Township B−; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 2% work in Springfield Township; the top destination outside it is Lagrange (10%, 8 miles). Working residents average 25 minutes each way, where Indiana has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How Springfield Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Springfield Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Springfield Township’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (20.7%) is left out: Springfield 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, Springfield Township could be anywhere from C+ to B.
The workday shuffle in and out of Springfield Township
On a workday 469 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 333 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Springfield Township on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.72 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.
Where Springfield Township goes to work
Where Springfield Township clocks in
10% 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.
What Springfield Township’s employers do
344 jobs are based in Springfield Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Springfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 301 → 344. 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 Springfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Springfield Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Springfield Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 372 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
Miles to work from Springfield Township
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.
Most trips from Springfield Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Springfield Township is more walkable than 38% 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 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 418 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). 4.9% of Springfield Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Springfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,293rd of 4,312: where Springfield Township ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | 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+ |
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| 75 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 82 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 127 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
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| 1,291 | Tuscarawas OH | 1,011 | $88K | 11.1% | 1.3% | 1% | B− |
| 1,292 | Union Township IN | 1,426 | $81K | 6.4% | 4.2% | 3% | B− |
| 1,293 | Springfield Township IN | 1,150 | $62K | 0.0% | 20.7% | 2% | B− |
| 1,294 | Marrowstone WA | 1,164 | $110K | 6.1% | 0.0% | 1% | B− |
| 1,295 | Barton Township IN | 1,480 | $63K | 3.2% | 1.4% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Springfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns around Springfield Township
The biggest share goes to Bloomfield Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Springfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Township | – | B− | C+ | 25 min | $61,734 |
| Bloomfield Township | 3% | C | B− | 22 min | $62,315 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | C+ | C− | 21 min | $67,250 |
| Greenfield Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 21 min | $64,911 |
| Milford Township | under 3% | B− | B− | 41 min | $90,833 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Springfield 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 Springfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Springfield Township?
$61,734 (±$12,067) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Springfield Township?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Springfield Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Springfield Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lagrange (10%, 8 mi), Fort Wayne (6%, 40 mi), Middlebury (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Springfield Township walkable?
Springfield Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Springfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Springfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Springfield 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.