Nook, The · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Spring Garden Township has higher household incomes than 79% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Spring Garden Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (A+). The poverty rate is 9.1%, next to 11.7% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.7 in Philadelphia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Spring Garden Township: the gist
A lot of Spring Garden Township works one town over
33% of working residents work in a town that borders Spring Garden Township: York (13%), Springettsbury Township (9%) and York Township (6%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Spring Garden Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Spring Garden Township makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Spring Garden Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Spring Garden Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Spring Garden Township
Job access by car holds Spring Garden Township’s grade up (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Spring Garden Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Spring Garden Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Garden Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,818 commuters (the 13% 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.
Goods jobs make up 36% of work in Spring Garden Township
8,115 jobs are based in Spring Garden Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Garden Township, 2013 → 2023: 8,960 → 8,115. 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 Garden Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Spring Garden Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 5,597 residents head out to work, 409 work right here, and 7,706 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16,000 people are in Spring Garden Township on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in York
Where Spring Garden Township clocks in
13% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Spring Garden Township
About 17% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Spring Garden Township
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,689 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 76% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 30% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 77% 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). 4.7% of Spring Garden Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Spring Garden Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 10,000 to 18,000, Spring Garden Township ranks 947th of 2,059 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 16 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
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| 31 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
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| 46 | Upper Uwchlan Township PA | 13,681 | $191K | 1.6% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 945 | Moorefield Township OH | 12,578 | $86K | 7.6% | 4.1% | 8% | B+ |
| 946 | Santa Clara OR | 10,551 | $88K | 8.9% | 4.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 947 | Spring Garden Township PA | 13,617 | $103K | 9.1% | 5.8% | 7% | B+ |
| 948 | Middleton ID | 12,600 | $89K | 7.9% | 4.1% | 7% | B+ |
| 949 | University Heights OH | 13,200 | $97K | 11.1% | 5.3% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,059 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Garden Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 33% of Spring Garden Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to York (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Garden Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Garden Township | – | B+ | A+ | 20 min | $102,686 |
| York | 13% | C− | A+ | 23 min | $48,420 |
| Springettsbury Township | 9% | A− | A− | 22 min | $86,335 |
| West Manchester Township | 5% | A | B− | 26 min | $89,146 |
| York Township | 6% | A− | B | 25 min | $80,190 |
| Queens Gate | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| North Codorus Township | under 2% | A | D | 26 min | $98,061 |
| Tyler Run | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| East York | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Queens Gate, Tyler Run and East York: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spring Garden 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 Garden Township: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Garden Township?
$102,686 (±$9,675) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Garden Township?
9.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Garden Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Garden Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are York (13%, 2 mi), Springettsbury Township (9%, 4 mi), York Township (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Spring Garden Township walkable?
Spring Garden Township is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 12.5 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spring Garden Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 30% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Garden Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Garden 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.