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Jobs & commute in Spring Hill

Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Spring Hill

7% of workers have no commute at all, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Hardly any work in Spring Hill itself; outside it, Crow River Township draws the most (14%, 7 miles). The average commute takes 17 minutes each way; Minnesota averages 23, the U.S. 26.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Spring Hill

On a workday 29 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

29live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night70
Workday41
70live here− 29head out to work+ 0come in to work= 41on a workday

About 41 people are in Spring Hill on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

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 commute map

Commuting out of Spring Hill: the destinations

Spring HillVillard: 1 residents work here (3%)Belgrade: 3 residents work here (10%)Brooten: 2 residents work here (7%)Paynesville: 2 residents work here (7%)Melrose: 1 residents work here (3%)Sauk Centre: 2 residents work here (7%)Brooklyn Center: 1 residents work here (3%)St. Cloud: 2 residents work here (7%)Paynesville Township: 2 residents work here (7%)Crow River Township: 4 residents work here (14%)Crow River TownshipBelgradeBrootenPaynesvilleSauk CentreSt. CloudSpring Hill
114%4
2
Belgrade9.6 mi away
10%3
3
Brooten13.8 mi away
7%2
4
Paynesville11.3 mi away
7%2
5
Sauk Centre15.9 mi away
7%2
6
St. Cloud32 mi away
7%2
77%2
8
Villard24.9 mi away
3%1
9
Melrose10.7 mi away
3%1
10
Brooklyn Center80 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%9
The top trips

Where Spring Hill clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

About 17 minutes to work from Spring Hill

A year of commuting
129 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Spring Hill17 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Spring Hill workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Spring Hill gets to work
86%Drive alone
2%Carpool
12%Walk

Share of the 57 commuters (the 7% 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.

How far

Spring Hill’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miCrow River Township: 14% · 6.9 miBelgrade: 10% · 9.6 miBrooten: 7% · 13.8 miPaynesville: 7% · 11.3 miSauk Centre: 7% · 15.9 miSt. Cloud: 7% · 32 miPaynesville Township: 7% · 13 miVillard: 3% · 24.9 miMelrose: 3% · 10.7 miBrooklyn Center: 3% · 80 miCrow River Township 14%Belgrade 10%Brooten 7%Paynesville 7%Sauk Centre 7%Spring Hill
Spring HillTop destinations (size = commuters)
14%Under 10 mi4 residents
52%10–24 mi15 residents
21%25–50 mi6 residents
14%Over 50 mi4 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Spring Hill: questions

What is the median household income in Spring Hill?

$87,708 (±$44,625) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Spring Hill?

0.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Spring Hill?

17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Spring Hill work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crow River Township (14%, 7 mi), Belgrade (10%, 10 mi), Brooten (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Spring Hill without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Spring Hill, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Spring Hill

Spring Hill home →

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.