Spring Mill has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any work in Spring Mill; the top destination outside it is Louisville (30%, 4 miles). 20 jobs are based in Spring Mill; 115 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 20% of workers (Kentucky 10%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Spring Mill
On a workday 114 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Spring Mill on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Where Spring Mill goes to work
Where Spring Mill clocks in
9% 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.
75% of the jobs in Spring Mill pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Mill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Spring Mill: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Mill workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 155 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 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.
Half of Spring Mill commutes less than 8 miles
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.
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 Mill: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Mill?
$109,375 (±$29,114) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Mill?
1.5%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Mill?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Mill work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (30%, 4 mi), Jeffersontown (9%, 5 mi), Watterson Park (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spring Mill 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 Mill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Mill
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.