Most of Springfield Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Springfield Township has 719 jobs for 1,534 working residents. For jobs and income Springfield Township is better than 76% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (C+). About one in ten work in Springfield Township; the top destination outside it is Fort Wayne (31%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Springfield Township and work: the main findings
Springfield Township makes and builds things
71% of the jobs based in Springfield Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Springfield Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 35%. The jobs ↓
Springfield Township and Fort Wayne trade workers both ways
Fort Wayne is the top workplace for Springfield Township residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Springfield Township come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Springfield Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Springfield Township went from 472 in 2013 to 719 in 2023, +52%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Springfield Township’s grade explained
The poverty rate holds Springfield Township’s grade up (2.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (4.4%, 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, Springfield Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
A place that makes things: 71% of Springfield Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Springfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 472 → 719. 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.
Where Springfield Township’s working residents head each day
Where Springfield Township clocks in
6% 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.
Who works in Springfield Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,374 residents head out to work, 160 work right here, and 559 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Springfield Township on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Springfield Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 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 1,917 commuters (the 6% 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 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.
In Springfield Township, the car does most of the work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,042 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). 20.4% of Springfield Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Springfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,400, Springfield Township ranks 986th of 3,867 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 92 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 132 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 136 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 984 | Caddo Mills TX | 5,715 | $107K | 6.1% | 5.3% | 4% | A− |
| 985 | Monroe Township IN | 6,061 | $91K | 6.4% | 3.6% | 4% | A− |
| 986 | Springfield Township IN | 4,745 | $85K | 2.4% | 4.4% | 10% | A− |
| 987 | New Hope MS | 3,952 | $80K | 2.9% | 1.2% | 2% | A− |
| 988 | West Township IN | 3,773 | $89K | 5.6% | 0.9% | 3% | A− |
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| 3,867 | 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 Springfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Springfield Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Cedar Creek Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Springfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Township | – | A− | C+ | 27 min | $85,287 |
| Cedar Creek Township | 4% | A | C | 23 min | $112,286 |
| Spencer Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 24 min | $54,018 |
| Scipio Township | under 2% | — | — | 46 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Scipio Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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?
$85,287 (±$10,768) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Springfield Township?
2.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Springfield Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Springfield Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (31%, 16 mi), New Haven (6%, 13 mi), Harlan (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Springfield Township walkable?
Springfield Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Springfield Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.