Photo: Nyttend · Public domainSpringfield Township draws 8,138 commuters a day, with 2.0 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Springfield Township are B for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 8,740 jobs are based in Springfield Township; 4,363 of its residents have a job. 3% of workers work from home, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Springfield Township and work: the main findings
A lot of Springfield Township works one town over
39% of working residents work in a town that borders Springfield Township: Mansfield (25%), Ontario (12%) and Madison Township (2%). Next door ↓
Springfield Township is where the jobs are
Springfield Township has 8,740 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Springfield Township draws workers from far and wide
The 8,740 jobs in Springfield Township are filled from a wide area. Springfield Township’s own residents hold 7% and the ten next-biggest home towns 29%; the other 64% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Springfield Township
58% of Springfield Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Springfield Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 86% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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 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
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Springfield Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns, #530 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Springfield Township’s grade up (6.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Springfield Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
A workday in Springfield Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 3,761 residents head out to work and 602 work right here.
About 16,000 people are in Springfield Township on a workday afternoon, 39% more 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 daily trip into Springfield Township
Where Springfield Township clocks in
25% 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.
The kinds of work in Springfield Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Springfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 8,073 → 8,740. 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 20 minutes each way for Springfield Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 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 5,491 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.
How far Springfield Township goes to work
About 26% 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.
The commute in Springfield Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Springfield Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #405 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Springfield Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,656 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). 5.3% of Springfield Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Springfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000, Springfield Township comes 1,345th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 5 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,343 | German Township IN | 8,780 | $79K | 15.0% | 2.4% | 30% | B |
| 1,344 | Concord NY | 8,290 | $79K | 7.5% | 3.9% | 21% | B |
| 1,345 | Springfield Township OH | 11,124 | $81K | 6.3% | 5.3% | 14% | B |
| 1,346 | Gering NE | 8,535 | $75K | 12.4% | 0.6% | 22% | B |
| 1,347 | Manchester NY | 9,225 | $69K | 13.9% | 1.8% | 13% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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.
Springfield Township and its neighbors: 39% work next door
The biggest share goes to Mansfield (25%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Springfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Township | – | B | B− | 20 min | $80,762 |
| Mansfield | 25% | D | B | 21 min | $44,540 |
| Ontario | 12% | C+ | B+ | 19 min | $68,539 |
| Troy Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 22 min | $61,848 |
| Sandusky Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | B | D | 22 min | $72,986 |
| Madison Township | 2% | C | C− | 17 min | $57,824 |
| Sharon Township | under 2% | C | C | 23 min | $60,684 |
Same-state neighbors only. Sandusky Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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.
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?
$80,762 (±$7,381) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Springfield Township?
6.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Springfield Township?
20 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?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mansfield (25%, 5 mi), Ontario (12%, 1 mi), Columbus (7%, 57 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Springfield Township walkable?
Springfield Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Springfield Township without a car?
1% 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.
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.