Spring Hill Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Only 4% work in Spring Hill Township; the top destination outside it is Belgrade (13%, 11 miles). Spring Hill Township has 48 jobs; 144 of its residents have a job. A typical one-way commute lasts 19 minutes, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Spring Hill Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 138 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Spring Hill Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 Hill Township goes to work
Where Spring Hill Township clocks in
13% of workers
5% 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.
A place that makes things: 77% of Spring Hill Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Hill Township, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 48. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 19 minutes each way, quicker than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Hill Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 120 commuters (the 22% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Spring Hill Township, by distance
About 24% 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.
Spring Hill Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Hill Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Hill Township | – | — | — | 19 min | $91,071 |
| Lake George Township | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| St. Martin Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Grove Township | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Lake Henry Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lake George Township, St. Martin Township, Grove Township and Lake Henry Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spring Hill 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 Hill Township: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Hill Township?
$91,071 (±$20,427) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Hill Township?
0.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Hill Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Hill Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Belgrade (13%, 11 mi), Crow River Township (11%, 8 mi), Paynesville (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spring Hill Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Hill Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Hill 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.