With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Spring City works elsewhere
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.0 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 37.7 in Philadelphia. Employers in Spring City report 588 jobs; 1,907 of its residents have a job. Spring City grades B for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Spring City, in a few figures
Spring City makes and builds things
59% of the jobs based in Spring City are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Spring City residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Spring City pay over $40,000 a year
74% of the jobs based in Spring City pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Spring City
24% of Spring City workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
Spring City empties out on a workday
About 2,600 people are in Spring City on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than the 3,900 who live here: 1,800 head out to work and 530 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
The four measures behind Spring City’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Spring City is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #520 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Spring City’s grade up (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Spring City could be anywhere from C to A+.
Goods, not services: 59% of the jobs in Spring City
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring City, 2013 → 2023: 597 → 588. 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 Spring City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Spring City: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring City workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,831 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Spring City on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,848 residents head out to work, 59 work right here, and 529 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Spring City on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
7% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Spring City clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Spring City
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Spring City
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Spring City is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns, #273 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,416 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 25% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 7.6% of Spring City households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Spring City’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,481st of 4,264: where Spring City ranks among U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,479 | Gentry AR | 4,899 | $70K | 9.1% | 1.6% | 18% | B |
| 1,480 | Ravena NY | 3,253 | $77K | 5.8% | 4.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,481 | Spring City PA | 3,878 | $76K | 12.0% | 3.6% | 3% | B |
| 1,482 | Spencer Township MI | 4,288 | $83K | 6.9% | 2.9% | 2% | B |
| 1,483 | Perth NY | 3,506 | $92K | 12.4% | 0.9% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Spring City, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door to Spring City
The biggest share goes to Upper Providence Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring City | – | B | A− | 29 min | $76,419 |
| East Vincent Township | under 3% | B+ | B+ | 28 min | $138,214 |
| East Pikeland Township | under 3% | A+ | B+ | 27 min | $146,526 |
| Upper Providence Township | 6% | A | B+ | 27 min | $141,077 |
| Royersford | under 3% | B+ | A− | 23 min | $75,288 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spring City’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 Spring City: questions
What is the median household income in Spring City?
$76,419 (±$12,700) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring City?
12.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring City?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring City work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (7%, 25 mi), Upper Providence Township (6%, 3 mi), Upper Merion Township (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Spring City walkable?
Spring City is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 14.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spring City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 25% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring City
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.