Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Springfield works elsewhere
Measured by household income, Springfield is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns. Springfield has 226 jobs, and 434 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Springfield is better than 67% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Springfield and work: the main findings
29% of Springfield works in Lebanon
126 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Lebanon, 15 miles away. That’s 29 times as many as work in Springfield itself. The commute map ↓
Springfield workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 27 across New Hampshire. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 434 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Springfield’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds Springfield’s grade up (3.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.0%) is left out: Springfield’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Springfield could be anywhere from B− to A−.
29% of working residents work in Lebanon
Where Springfield clocks in
29% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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 Springfield, about 34 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Springfield workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 483 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across New Hampshire: 87% 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.
How many people are in Springfield by day
On a workday 431 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 223 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Springfield on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
50% of the jobs in Springfield make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Springfield, 2013 → 2023: 253 → 226. 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 Springfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Springfield commutes
About 18% 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.
Driving is how Springfield gets around
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across New Hampshire.
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). 3.7% of Springfield households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Springfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Springfield is 1,069th among 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 140 | Newfields NH | 1,775 | $198K | 2.4% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 601 | Mason NH | 1,460 | $111K | 4.7% | 2.7% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 666 | Lyndeborough NH | 1,730 | $117K | 3.7% | 9.8% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,067 | La Honda CA | 1,269 | $250K | 5.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,068 | Orange Township MI | 1,018 | $92K | 7.4% | 1.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,069 | Springfield NH | 1,306 | $101K | 3.4% | 1.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,070 | Garfield WI | 1,775 | $99K | 4.5% | 0.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,071 | Mowbray Mountain TN | 1,721 | $93K | 8.0% | 1.2% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Springfield, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
The towns next door employ 14% of Springfield
The biggest share goes to Grantham (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Springfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield | – | B+ | D | 34 min | $100,893 |
| Grantham | 7% | A− | D | 23 min | $106,403 |
| Wilmot | under 3% | B+ | C− | 33 min | $117,759 |
| Grafton | under 3% | C+ | D | 43 min | $81,563 |
| New London | 4% | B+ | A− | 25 min | $107,773 |
| Sunapee | 3% | B | C+ | 33 min | $101,393 |
| Croydon | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Croydon: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Springfield’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 Springfield: questions
What is the median household income in Springfield?
$100,893 (±$19,357) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Springfield?
3.4%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Springfield?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Springfield work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lebanon (29%, 15 mi), Grantham (7%, 6 mi), Newport (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Springfield walkable?
Springfield is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Springfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Springfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Springfield
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.