Photo: 636Buster · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of New Springfield works elsewhere
New Springfield has 88 jobs, against 254 working residents. Only 2% stay in New Springfield for work; outside it, Boardman Township is the main destination (11%, 8 miles). 26% of workers work from home; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in New Springfield: the gist
New Springfield’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Springfield workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 227 commuters (the 26% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of New Springfield
On a workday 250 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in New Springfield on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Commuting out of New Springfield: the destinations
Where New Springfield clocks in
11% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
A place that makes things: 45% of New Springfield’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Springfield, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 88. 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 New Springfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from New Springfield
About 17% 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.
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 New Springfield: questions
What is the median household income in New Springfield?
$36,458 (±$17,832) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Springfield?
40.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Springfield?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Springfield work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boardman Township (11%, 8 mi), Springfield Township (10%, 2 mi), Youngstown (9%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Springfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Springfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of New 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.