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Jobs & commute in Springfield Township

Springfield Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each

Employers in Springfield Township report 1,054 jobs for 2,238 working residents. For jobs and income Springfield Township is better than 39% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (C+). Measured by household income, Springfield Township is behind 85% of U.S. towns.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

1,054 jobs based here
Household income
$53K
median · Ohio $71K
Poverty
12.0%
Ohio 13.3%
Unemployment
3.2%
Ohio 4.8% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
24 min
Ohio 23 · U.S. 26
Work in town
4%
94 of 2,238 working residents
Work from home
3%
Ohio 13% · U.S. 15%
What stands out · In brief

What the numbers say about work in Springfield Township

37%work in a bordering town3%work from home · OH 13%

A lot of Springfield Township works one town over

37% of working residents work in a town that borders Springfield Township: Zanesville (27%), Newton Township (5%) and Falls Township (3%). Next door ↓

Few Springfield Township workers work from home

Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓

Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.

Jobs & income grade

Jobs & income in Springfield Township: the grade in detail

Unemployment holds Springfield Township’s grade up (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($52,535, U.S. $80,734).

Household income $52,535 (±$8,186) · OH $71,389 · U.S. $80,734Higher than 15% of U.S. towns
Poverty 12.0% · OH 13.3% · U.S. 12.5%Lower than 39% of U.S. towns
Unemployment 3.2% (±2.1) · OH 4.8% · U.S. 5.2%Lower than 66% of U.S. towns
Job access by car EPA, jobs within a 45-minute driveMore than 49% of U.S. towns
Ohio towns we grade 992 towns#733 of 992
C−B

A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Springfield Township could be anywhere from C− to B.

How TownRatings grades jobs & income →

Time on the road

About 24 minutes each way, about the OH average

A year of commuting
180 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Springfield Township24 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
3%

of Springfield Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Springfield Township gets to work
90%Drive alone
9%Carpool
2%Walk

Share of the 2,474 commuters (the 3% 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.

Day and night

Springfield Township by day and by night

On a workday 2,144 residents head out to work, 94 work right here, and 960 people come in from elsewhere.

2,144live here, work elsewhere
94live and work here
960work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night5,500
Workday4,300
5,500live here− 2,100head out to work+ 960come in to work= 4,300on a workday

About 4,300 people are in Springfield Township on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.47jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

27% of working residents work in Zanesville

South Zanesville: 49 residents work here (2%)CrooksvilleZanesville: 605 residents work here (27%)Newark: 75 residents work here (3%)Columbus: 215 residents work here (10%)Falls Township: 75 residents work here (3%)Springfield TownshipNewton Township: 104 residents work here (5%)Hopewell TownshipWashington Township: 78 residents work here (3%)Perry Township: 55 residents work here (2%)Brush Creek TownshipWayne Township: 43 residents work here (2%)ZanesvilleColumbusNewton TownshipWashington TownshipNewarkFalls TownshipSpringfield Township
1
Zanesville3.8 mi away
27%605
2
Columbus49.6 mi away
10%215
3
Newton Township3.7 mi away
5%104
4
Washington Township8 mi away
3%78
5
Newark22.4 mi away
3%75
6
Falls Township6.2 mi away
3%75
7
Perry Township10.9 mi away
2%55
8
South Zanesville2.1 mi away
2%49
9
Springfield Township (in town)right here
2%45
10
Wayne Township6.1 mi away
2%43
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%894
The top trips

Where Springfield Township clocks in

27% of workers
3.8 mi awayZanesville605 Springfield Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
10% of workers
49.6 mi awayColumbus215 Springfield Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
3.7 mi awayNewton Township104 Springfield Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

The jobs

The kinds of work in Springfield Township

Jobs based in Springfield TownshipJobs Springfield Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms19%21%
Trade, transport & utilities38%23%
Services: health, schools, offices44%56%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less19%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%32%
Over $3,333 a month45%53%

Who does it

29 or younger27%24%
30 to 5449%51%
55 and older24%25%
+7%

Jobs based in Springfield Township, 2014 → 2024: 981 → 1,054. 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 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Springfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

How many miles Springfield Township commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi60 miZanesville: 27% · 3.8 miColumbus: 10% · 49.6 miNewton Township: 5% · 3.7 miWashington Township: 3% · 8 miNewark: 3% · 22.4 miFalls Township: 3% · 6.2 miPerry Township: 2% · 10.9 miSouth Zanesville: 2% · 2.1 miWayne Township: 2% · 6.1 miZanesville 27%Columbus 10%Newton Township 5%Washington Township 3%Newark 3%Springfield Township
Springfield TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
50%Under 10 mi1,109 residents
12%10–24 mi269 residents
16%25–50 mi353 residents
22%Over 50 mi498 residents

About 22% 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 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Getting around · Walkability grade

In Springfield Township, most people drive to work

EPA walkability index 6.8 of 20 · typical OH town 5.9 · U.S. 6.9Higher than 48% of U.S. towns
Walk, bike or transit 1.5% of commuters · OH 3.7% · U.S. 7.1%Higher than 38% of U.S. towns
Ohio towns we grade 993 towns#546 of 993
C+C+

A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,542 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). 5.0% 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.

Towns its size

Springfield Township next to U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,400: 2,347th of 3,612 on jobs and income

#TownPeopleHousehold incomePovertyUnemploymentWork in townGrade
1Huntington Woods MI6,274$190K2.2%0.9%2%A+
2Glendale MO6,060$171K2.0%0.3%2%A+
3Ho-Ho-Kus NJ4,313$250K0.0%1.7%6%A+
…
28The Village of Indian Hill OH6,114$235K3.1%1.0%2%A+
…
42Pepper Pike OH6,886$228K1.8%2.2%5%A+
…
58South Russell OH3,913$172K2.1%2.0%5%A+
…
2,345Manheim PA4,977$81K16.2%9.0%6%C+
2,346Gorham NY4,087$65K9.4%4.8%9%C+
2,347Springfield Township OH5,487$53K12.0%3.2%4%C+
2,348Bridgeville PA4,569$60K11.6%7.5%5%C+
2,349Kalkaska Township MI5,207$64K13.6%2.1%29%C+
…
3,612Lake Isabella CA4,059$27K40.7%8.6%19%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.

Next door

37% of Springfield Township works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Zanesville (27%).

Zanesville: 27% of workers work hereNewton Township: 5% of workers work hereWayne Township: 2% of workers work hereBrush Creek Township: few work hereFalls Township: 3% of workers work hereHopewell Township: few work hereZanesvilleNewton TownshipWayne TownshipBrush Creek TownshipFalls TownshipHopewell TownshipSpringfield Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Zanesville23 min
Springfield Township24 min
Falls Township24 min
Wayne Township25 min
Newton Township26 min
Brush Creek Township27 min
Hopewell Township39 min
Zanesville27% of Springfield Township works hereNewton Township5% of Springfield Township works hereWayne Township2% of Springfield Township works hereBrush Creek Townshipunder 2% of Springfield TownshipFalls Township3% of Springfield Township works hereHopewell Townshipunder 2% of Springfield Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownSpringfield Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Springfield Township–C+C+24 min$52,535
Zanesville27%DB+23 min$43,280
Newton Township5%CC+26 min$68,462
Wayne Township2%B−D25 min$78,718
Brush Creek Townshipunder 2%C−D−27 min$53,014
Falls Township3%B+C24 min$74,616
Hopewell Townshipunder 2%A−D−39 min$105,840

Same-state neighbors only. 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.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Springfield Township: questions

What is the median household income in Springfield Township?

$52,535 (±$8,186) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Springfield Township?

12.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Springfield Township?

24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Springfield Township work?

4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Zanesville (27%, 4 mi), Columbus (10%, 50 mi), Newton Township (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Is Springfield Township walkable?

Springfield Township is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.

Can you get around Springfield Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Springfield Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Springfield Township

Springfield Township home →
$811median rent
HousingLive where you work?Homes and rent in Springfield Township
24min commute
HandbookGetting around Springfield TownshipRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in OHShortest commutes, work from home & more

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.