Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Spring Hill commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, Spring Hill is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns. Spring Hill has 2,389 jobs for 4,320 working residents. For jobs and income Spring Hill is better than 89% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Spring Hill apart
Spring Hill has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Spring Hill went from 1,402 in 2013 to 2,389 in 2023, +70%. The jobs ↓
Spring Hill and Olathe trade workers both ways
Olathe is the top workplace for Spring Hill residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Spring Hill come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Spring Hill workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Spring Hill makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Spring Hill are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Spring Hill residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 16%. 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.
Spring Hill’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income is its strongest input ($112,428, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Spring Hill could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Spring Hill works in goods: 35% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Hill, 2013 → 2023: 1,402 → 2,389. 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 Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
19% of working residents work in Olathe
Where Spring Hill 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.
Spring Hill’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Hill workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,995 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 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.
How a workday changes Spring Hill
On a workday 4,029 residents head out to work, 291 work right here, and 2,098 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,800 people are in Spring Hill on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 distance from Spring Hill to work
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.
Spring Hill is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.4% across Kansas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,833 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). 0.7% of Spring Hill households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Spring Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000, Spring Hill comes 437th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 435 | Brookhaven PA | 8,362 | $91K | 4.1% | 3.5% | 3% | A |
| 436 | Sunset FL | 13,535 | $109K | 9.1% | 2.4% | 5% | A |
| 437 | Spring Hill KS | 10,777 | $112K | 7.7% | 2.1% | 7% | A |
| 438 | O'Hara Township PA | 8,909 | $117K | 5.4% | 3.9% | 7% | A |
| 439 | Los Alamos NM | 13,317 | $141K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 77% | A |
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| 457 | Attica Township KS | 9,068 | $94K | 3.7% | 2.8% | 10% | A |
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| 514 | Mission Township KS | 10,195 | $122K | 4.5% | 3.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 707 | Gypsum Township KS | 10,370 | $77K | 6.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Hill, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Around Spring Hill: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Hill | – | A | C | 27 min | $112,428 |
| Spring Hill Township | under 2% | B+ | B | 32 min | $110,536 |
| Marysville Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 28 min | $102,560 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spring Hill’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 Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Hill?
$112,428 (±$7,639) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Hill?
7.7%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Hill?
27 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Hill work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Olathe (19%, 9 mi), Overland Park (19%, 12 mi), Lenexa (10%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Spring Hill walkable?
Spring Hill is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spring Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Hill
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.