Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY 3.0Households in Springfield Township earn more than those in 94% of U.S. towns
Springfield Township grades A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 6.5% of residents live below the poverty line; New Jersey has 9.7%. Only 5% work in Springfield Township itself; outside it, Hamilton Township draws the most (6%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Inside Springfield Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Springfield Township is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #224 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income holds Springfield Township’s grade up ($146,157, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Springfield Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
In and out of Springfield Township on a workday
On a workday 1,591 residents head out to work, 84 work right here, and 917 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Springfield Township on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.60 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.
Where people from Springfield Township work
Where Springfield Township clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
What work there is in Springfield Township: 1,001 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Springfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,261 → 1,001. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Springfield Township spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Springfield Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,558 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% 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 miles Springfield Township commutes
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.
The commute in Springfield Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Springfield Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns, #442 of 468 in New Jersey. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,794 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). <1% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, <1% 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). 1.2% of Springfield Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Springfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Springfield Township is 742nd of 4,593 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Harding Township NJ | 3,949 | $222K | 3.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Haworth NJ | 3,422 | $237K | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 740 | Hanna Township IL | 2,337 | $111K | 6.6% | 2.2% | 2% | A− |
| 741 | Morgan Township IN | 4,036 | $113K | 1.6% | 4.1% | 3% | A− |
| 742 | Springfield Township NJ | 3,315 | $146K | 6.5% | 5.2% | 5% | A− |
| 743 | Union Township PA | 3,164 | $95K | 4.7% | 2.4% | 4% | A− |
| 744 | High Bridge WA | 3,196 | $167K | 9.5% | 2.9% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | 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 Springfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Around Springfield Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Mansfield Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Springfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Township | – | A− | C+ | 27 min | $146,157 |
| Mansfield Township | 2% | A+ | B | 35 min | $115,595 |
| Florence Township | under 2% | A− | A− | 29 min | $105,631 |
| Burlington Township | 2% | A− | A | 30 min | $104,067 |
| Chesterfield Township | under 2% | A+ | B | 33 min | $208,836 |
| North Hanover Township | under 2% | B | B | 24 min | $86,683 |
| Pemberton Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 32 min | $80,843 |
| Wrightstown | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wrightstown: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Springfield 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 Springfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Springfield Township?
$146,157 (±$8,153) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Springfield Township?
6.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Springfield Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Springfield Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hamilton Township (6%, 12 mi), Trenton (6%, 13 mi), Philadelphia (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Springfield Township walkable?
Springfield Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Springfield Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. <1% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Springfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Springfield 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.