Households in Spring Township have higher incomes than those in 72% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Spring Township; the top destination outside it is Wichita (32%, 26 miles). 15.1% of residents live below the poverty line (Kansas 11.3%). For jobs and income Spring Township is better than 51% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Spring Township: the figures worth knowing
Spring Township and Wichita trade workers both ways
Wichita is the top workplace for Spring Township residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Spring Township come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Spring Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 138 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (27 to 33 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Spring Township pay little
29% of the jobs based in Spring Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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 542 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Spring Township
Household income holds Spring Township’s grade up ($93,750, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (6.1%) is left out: Spring Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Spring Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Where Spring Township goes to work
Where Spring Township clocks in
32% 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.
From Spring Township, about 38 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 531 commuters (the 8% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Spring Township
792 jobs are based in Spring Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Township, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 792. 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 workday shuffle in and out of Spring Township
On a workday 530 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 780 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Spring Township on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).
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 in the region Spring Township works
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 Township is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 580 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 Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Spring Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Spring Township ranks 2,125th of 6,308 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 59 | Lake Quivira KS | 1,005 | $178K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 63 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 79 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 2,123 | Gibbon NE | 1,913 | $70K | 5.3% | 5.7% | 6% | B− |
| 2,124 | Okawville Township IL | 1,931 | $85K | 7.4% | 5.8% | 16% | B− |
| 2,125 | Spring Township KS | 1,472 | $94K | 15.1% | 6.1% | 2% | B− |
| 2,126 | Somerset Township OH | 1,217 | $77K | 1.9% | 17.3% | 1% | B− |
| 2,127 | Snake Spring Township PA | 1,773 | $74K | 5.9% | 3.6% | 8% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Around Spring Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to El Dorado Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Township | – | B− | D− | 38 min | $93,750 |
| Augusta Township | under 2% | A− | C | 27 min | $84,250 |
| El Dorado Township | 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Bloomington Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Little Walnut Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. El Dorado Township and Bloomington Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Little Walnut Township: not graded. 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?
$93,750 (±$14,807) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Township?
15.1%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita (32%, 26 mi), El Dorado (24%, 9 mi), Augusta (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Spring Township walkable?
Spring Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
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. 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.