A job hub: Spring Ridge has 13.1 jobs per working resident, and 5,583 people come in to work
29% of workers have no commute at all, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. Spring Ridge has 5,601 jobs, against 429 working residents. Only 4% work in Spring Ridge itself; outside it, Spring Township draws the most (12%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Spring Ridge and work: the main findings
Spring Ridge fills up on a workday
Spring Ridge has 5,601 jobs, 13.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 6,100 people are in town, 7 times the 920 who live here. Day and night ↓
Spring Ridge draws workers from far and wide
The 5,601 jobs in Spring Ridge are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 35%; the other 65% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Spring Ridge are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania 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 429 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Spring Ridge by day
On a workday 411 residents head out to work and 18 work right here.
About 6,100 people are in Spring Ridge on a workday afternoon, 564% more 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.
The towns that send workers to Spring Ridge
Where Spring Ridge clocks in
11% 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.
From Spring Ridge, about 17 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Ridge workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 210 commuters (the 29% 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 Ridge is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 4,128 → 5,601. 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 Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Spring Ridge
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.
The towns around Spring Ridge
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Ridge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Ridge | – | — | — | 17 min | $68,571 |
| Colony Park | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Penn State Berks | under 2% | — | — | 9 min | — |
| Whitfield | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Colony Park, Penn State Berks and Whitfield: 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 Ridge’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 Ridge: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Ridge?
$68,571 (±$43,582) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Ridge?
6.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Ridge?
17 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Ridge work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spring Township (12%, 4 mi), Reading (11%, 4 mi), Wyomissing (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spring Ridge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Ridge
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.