Photo: Jason Miklacic · CC BY-SA 2.0Jobs and the daily commute in Springfield Township
The trip to work takes 21 minutes on average, next to 23 for Ohio and 26 for the U.S. For jobs and income Springfield Township is better than 61% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (C). About one in ten work in Springfield Township itself; outside it, Toledo draws the most (33%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Springfield Township: the gist
Springfield Township trades workers with the towns around it
Springfield Township has about as many jobs (10,754) as working residents (12,345), but they are mostly different people: 11,271 residents leave for work each day while 9,680 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Springfield Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Much of Springfield Township works one town over
47% of working residents work in a town that borders Springfield Township: Toledo (33%), Sylvania Township (6%) and Maumee (6%). Next door ↓
Most Springfield Township residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. 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.
What’s behind Springfield Township’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Springfield Township’s grade up (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Springfield Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Springfield Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 11,271 residents head out to work, 1,074 work right here, and 9,680 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Short hops and long hauls from Springfield Township
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.
Commuting out of Springfield Township: the destinations
Where Springfield Township clocks in
33% of workers
6% 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.
Inside Springfield Township’s 10,754 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Springfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 10,524 → 10,754. 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.
About 21 minutes each way for Springfield Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Springfield Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,663 commuters (the 9% 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.
In Springfield Township, the car does most of the work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 13,875 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 3% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 3% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 41% 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). 4.5% of Springfield Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Springfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Springfield Township next to U.S. towns of 19,000 to 36,000: 843rd of 1,477 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 8 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
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| 10 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
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| 19 | Genoa Township OH | 27,720 | $177K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 841 | New Windsor NY | 27,844 | $95K | 5.4% | 8.9% | 10% | B |
| 842 | Lakeside CA | 22,447 | $96K | 9.9% | 6.8% | 4% | B |
| 843 | Springfield Township OH | 26,958 | $81K | 10.4% | 4.4% | 9% | B |
| 844 | Manor TX | 23,070 | $85K | 9.8% | 5.7% | 4% | B |
| 845 | Silverdale WA | 20,685 | $105K | 6.2% | 5.4% | 16% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,477 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Ohio.
The towns next door employ 47% of Springfield Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Springfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Township | – | B | C | 21 min | $80,694 |
| Monclova Township | 2% | A− | C+ | 22 min | $117,891 |
| Toledo | 33% | C− | A | 20 min | $49,724 |
| Spencer Township | under 2% | A− | D | 26 min | $85,365 |
| Sylvania Township | 6% | A− | B | 21 min | $105,406 |
| Maumee | 6% | A | B | 20 min | $80,833 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Toledo. 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?
$80,694 (±$6,742) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Springfield Township?
10.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Springfield Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Springfield Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toledo (33%, 8 mi), Maumee (6%, 4 mi), Sylvania Township (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Springfield Township walkable?
Springfield Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Springfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 3% 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.