About half of Springer’s working residents commute to Ardmore
Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average, next to 22 for Oklahoma and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Springer report 154 jobs, against 267 working residents. For 4% of workers, the job is at home, where Oklahoma as a whole has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Springer and work: the main findings
Nearly half of Springer works in Ardmore
121 working residents, 45%, have their main job in Ardmore, 6.9 miles away across the town line. That’s 23 times as many as work in Springer itself. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Springer than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Springer fell from 918 in 2013 to 154 in 2023, −83%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Springer workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Oklahoma. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical 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 267 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Springer’s working residents head each day
Where Springer clocks in
45% 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.
What Springer’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Springer, 2013 → 2023: 918 → 154. 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 Springer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Springer
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Springer workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 342 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Oklahoma: 85% 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.
Who leaves Springer for work, and who comes in
On a workday 261 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 148 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Springer on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far Springer goes to work
About 25% 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.
45% of Springer works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Ardmore. Darker towns draw more of Springer’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 Springer: questions
What is the median household income in Springer?
$58,625 (±$14,120) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Springer?
17.2%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Springer?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Springer work?
2% work in town.
Can you get around Springer without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Springer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Springer
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.