Spring Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Only 4% work in Spring Township; the top destination outside it is Harrisburg (7%, 20 miles). Spring Township has 431 jobs; 1,034 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Spring Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Spring Township apart on work
The figures behind Spring Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Spring Township’s grade up ($81,528, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Spring Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 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 750 commuters (the 23% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Spring Township
On a workday 997 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 394 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Spring Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Where Spring Township goes to work
Where Spring Township clocks in
7% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Most jobs in Spring Township are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Township, 2013 → 2023: 198 → 431. 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.
The distance from Spring Township to work
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.
Driving is how Spring Township gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 969 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). 3.3% 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.
Out of 5,552 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,200, Spring Township comes 2,906th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 30 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,904 | Loramie Township OH | 2,695 | $89K | 11.6% | 6.1% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,905 | Kittanning Township PA | 2,002 | $79K | 14.0% | 3.7% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,906 | Spring Township PA | 2,349 | $82K | 10.0% | 7.0% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,907 | Young Township PA | 1,670 | $77K | 9.9% | 5.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,908 | Tallapoosa GA | 3,141 | $63K | 13.7% | 1.0% | 11% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,552 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Carroll Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Township | – | C+ | C− | 35 min | $81,528 |
| Carroll Township | 3% | B | C | 33 min | $78,672 |
| North Middleton Township | under 3% | A− | B | 20 min | $84,580 |
| Centre Township | 2% | A− | D | 36 min | $90,243 |
| Tyrone Township | under 3% | C+ | B | 31 min | $70,347 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$81,528 (±$13,931) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Township?
10.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisburg (7%, 20 mi), Hampden Township (6%, 15 mi), Bloomfield (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Spring Township walkable?
Spring Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spring Township without a car?
1% 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 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.