Photo: Beezhive · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Springport commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Springport grades B+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. 388 jobs are based in Springport for 972 working residents. About one in ten work in Springport itself; outside it, Auburn draws the most (16%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Springport
Springport and Auburn trade workers both ways
Auburn is the top workplace for Springport residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Springport come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Springport are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York 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 972 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Springport: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Springport is better than 66% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Springport’s grade up (3.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Springport could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The towns that employ Springport’s residents
Where Springport clocks in
16% 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.
About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Springport workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,020 commuters (the 11% 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.
How a workday changes Springport
On a workday 877 residents head out to work, 95 work right here, and 293 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Springport on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
The kinds of work in Springport
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Springport, 2013 → 2023: 495 → 388. 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 Springport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Springport
About 16% 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.
Springport is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Springport is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,148 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). 4.1% of Springport households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Springport’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900, Springport ranks 1,408th of 5,404 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 9 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,406 | Alhambra Township IL | 1,583 | $94K | 9.1% | 2.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,407 | Beaver Township MI | 2,684 | $89K | 4.8% | 4.2% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,408 | Springport NY | 2,138 | $86K | 3.8% | 3.5% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,409 | Brighton IL | 2,162 | $80K | 10.1% | 2.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,410 | Lena IL | 2,670 | $73K | 3.1% | 2.6% | 13% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Springport, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Bordering towns draw 12% of Springport’s workers
The biggest share goes to Ledyard (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Springport workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springport | – | B+ | B | 23 min | $86,042 |
| Ledyard | 6% | C | B+ | 20 min | $86,731 |
| Aurelius | 3% | B− | B− | 19 min | $94,079 |
| Fayette | under 2% | B | B− | 21 min | $77,875 |
| Fleming | 3% | B+ | C | 18 min | $92,216 |
| Seneca Falls | under 2% | C | B+ | 17 min | $62,487 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Springport’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 Springport: questions
What is the median household income in Springport?
$86,042 (±$25,616) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Springport?
3.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Springport?
23 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Springport work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Auburn (16%, 8 mi), Syracuse (7%, 30 mi), Ledyard (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Springport walkable?
Springport is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Springport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Springport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Springport
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.