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-SA 4.0Springfield has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 3% stay in Springfield for work; outside it, Otsego is the main destination (16%, 7 miles). Employers in Springfield report 214 jobs for 448 working residents. For jobs and income Springfield is better than 10% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Springfield, in brief
Springfield and Otsego trade workers both ways
Otsego is the top workplace for Springfield residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Springfield come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. 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; with 448 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Springfield
Household income holds Springfield’s grade up ($62,965, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.5%) is left out: Springfield’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Springfield could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Where the trip to work from Springfield ends
Where Springfield clocks in
9% 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.
Where in the region Springfield works
About 34% 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.
Springfield by day and by night
On a workday 436 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 202 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Springfield on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Springfield
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Springfield, 2013 → 2023: 241 → 214. 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.
Commuting from Springfield: about 30 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Springfield workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 383 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Springfield is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 442 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). 10.4% of Springfield households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Springfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,477th of 5,400: where Springfield ranks among 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+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,475 | Penobscot ME | 1,159 | $63K | 16.0% | 4.2% | 6% | D |
| 4,476 | Nadeau Township MI | 1,080 | $55K | 12.8% | 7.1% | 4% | D |
| 4,477 | Springfield NY | 1,325 | $63K | 20.1% | 4.5% | 3% | D |
| 4,478 | Salem Township OH | 1,034 | $51K | 15.0% | 1.2% | 1% | D |
| 4,479 | West Beaver Township PA | 1,145 | $50K | 12.7% | 0.7% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 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 York.
Bordering towns draw 27% of Springfield’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Springfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield | – | D | C | 30 min | $62,965 |
| Otsego | 16% | C+ | A− | 26 min | $72,891 |
| Warren | under 2% | C− | C | 28 min | $72,750 |
| Cherry Valley | 9% | B− | B | 23 min | $92,639 |
| Stark | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Middlefield | 2% | B | B− | 19 min | $118,333 |
| Richfield | under 2% | C− | B− | 31 min | $59,833 |
Same-state neighbors only. Stark: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Otsego. 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?
$62,965 (±$8,577) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Springfield?
20.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Springfield?
30 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Springfield work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Otsego (16%, 7 mi), Cherry Valley (9%, 8 mi), New York City (5%, 157 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Springfield walkable?
Springfield is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Springfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% 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.