Most of Spring Hill commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 20 jobs in Spring Hill; 291 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Spring Hill for work; outside it, Johnstown is the main destination (9%, 14 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 42 minutes, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Spring Hill: the gist
Spring Hill is a place people come home to
There are 20 jobs based in Spring Hill, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Spring Hill has about 740 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Spring Hill workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 123 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 291 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Spring Hill: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 291 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Spring Hill on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Getting to work from Spring Hill takes about 42 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Hill workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 375 commuters (the 12% 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.
The towns that employ Spring Hill’s residents
Where Spring Hill clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
Spring Hill makes things: 65% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Hill, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 20. 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 Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Spring Hill
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.
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 Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Hill?
$50,815 (±$5,988) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Hill?
4.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Hill?
42 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Hill work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Johnstown (9%, 14 mi), Richland Township (7%, 11 mi), Cambria Township (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spring Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Hill
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.