Photo: Public domain · Public domainSpring Lake Township has higher household incomes than 95% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Spring Lake Township is better than 96% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (C−). 5.3% of residents live below the poverty line, against 9.3% across Minnesota. 29% of workers have no commute at all, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Spring Lake Township and work: the main findings
Home offices are common in Spring Lake Township
29% of Spring Lake Township workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. Time on the road ↓
Spring Lake Township makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Spring Lake Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Spring Lake Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
Spring Lake Township empties out on a workday
About 2,200 people are in Spring Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than the 3,500 who live here: 2,000 head out to work and 740 come in. Day and night ↓
Spring Lake Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Spring Lake Township is Minneapolis, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (204) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
The four measures behind Spring Lake Township’s grade
Household income is its strongest input ($146,953, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. 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 Lake Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The daily trip from Spring Lake Township: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Lake Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,442 commuters (the 29% 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.
In Spring Lake Township, 43% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
799 jobs are based in Spring Lake Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Lake Township, 2013 → 2023: 604 → 799. 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 Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Spring Lake Township by day
On a workday 2,023 residents head out to work, 57 work right here, and 742 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Spring Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.38 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.
How far Spring Lake Township goes 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.
10% of working residents work in Minneapolis
Where Spring Lake Township clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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 Lake Township is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,027 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). 0.9% of Spring Lake Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Spring Lake Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,535 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700, Spring Lake Township comes 167th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Independence MN | 3,763 | $187K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 18 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 165 | North Richmond CA | 3,855 | $101K | 4.5% | 1.6% | 2% | A+ |
| 166 | Metamora IL | 3,857 | $129K | 3.6% | 0.0% | 13% | A+ |
| 167 | Spring Lake Township MN | 3,498 | $147K | 5.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| 168 | Hay Creek Township ND | 4,380 | $161K | 0.7% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| 169 | Springfield WI | 2,800 | $135K | 4.1% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Lake Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Work next door: 13% of Spring Lake Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Prior Lake (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Lake Township | – | A+ | C− | 26 min | $146,953 |
| Prior Lake | 8% | A+ | B | 25 min | $134,255 |
| Cedar Lake Township | under 4% | A | D | 32 min | $173,500 |
| Credit River | under 4% | A+ | C | 24 min | $143,125 |
| Sand Creek Township | under 4% | A | C+ | 28 min | $101,023 |
| Shakopee | 5% | A | B | 22 min | $107,223 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spring Lake 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 Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Lake Township?
$146,953 (±$25,165) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Lake Township?
5.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Lake Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Lake Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (10%, 23 mi), Prior Lake (8%, 4 mi), Burnsville (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Spring Lake Township walkable?
Spring Lake Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spring Lake Township 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 Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Lake 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.