Most of Spring Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Spring Township is better than 26% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (B+). 105 jobs are based in Spring Township, and 510 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Spring Township; the top destination outside it is Meadville (11%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Spring Township, in brief
Spring Township is a place people come home to
There are 105 jobs based in Spring Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Spring Township has about 980 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Spring Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (23 to 28 minutes). 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 510 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Spring Township: the grade in detail
The poverty rate holds Spring Township’s grade up (10.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.1%) is left out: Spring Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Spring Township could be anywhere from C− to C+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Spring Township
On a workday 493 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere.
About 980 people are in Spring Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Time on the road from Spring Township: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 522 commuters (the 11% 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.
Where Spring Township’s working residents head each day
Where Spring Township clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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.
Goods, not services: 36% of the jobs in Spring Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Township, 2013 → 2023: 129 → 105. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Spring Township
About 21% 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.
Most trips from Spring Township start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 587 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). 9.2% of Spring Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Spring Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Spring Township next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900: 3,599th of 5,877 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,597 | Gordonsville VA | 1,587 | $62K | 14.1% | 1.5% | 5% | C |
| 3,598 | Stanley VA | 1,704 | $54K | 14.0% | 2.9% | 4% | C |
| 3,599 | Spring Township PA | 1,385 | $62K | 10.3% | 3.1% | 3% | C |
| 3,600 | Tuolumne City CA | 1,148 | $57K | 7.5% | 0.0% | 8% | C |
| 3,601 | Bolindale OH | 1,637 | $46K | 18.4% | 0.5% | <1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Spring Township
The biggest share goes to Summerhill Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Township | – | C | B+ | 32 min | $61,950 |
| Conneautville | 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Beaver Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Cussewago Township | under 3% | C+ | C | 28 min | $75,139 |
| Summerhill Township | 4% | D | C− | 26 min | $59,219 |
Same-state neighbors only. Conneautville and Beaver Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spring 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 Spring Township: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Township?
$61,950 (±$5,298) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Township?
10.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Meadville (11%, 15 mi), Erie (8%, 25 mi), Vernon Township (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Spring Township walkable?
Spring Township is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spring Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring 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.