Wertz's Covered Bridge · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Spring Township (2.0%) is lower than in 85% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Spring Township is better than 92% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (A−). About one in ten work in Spring Township itself; outside it, Reading draws the most (12%, 6 miles). Household incomes here are higher than in 73% of U.S. towns.
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 trades workers with the towns around it
Spring Township has about as many jobs (12,369) as working residents (12,935), but they are mostly different people: 11,699 residents leave for work each day while 11,133 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Spring Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Spring Township draws workers from far and wide
The 12,369 jobs in Spring Township are filled from a wide area. Spring Township’s own residents hold 10% and the ten next-biggest home towns 27%; the other 63% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
The four measures behind Spring Township’s grade
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Spring Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Spring Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How a workday changes Spring Township
On a workday 11,699 residents head out to work, 1,236 work right here, and 11,133 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 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.
Commuting out of Spring Township: the destinations
Where Spring Township clocks in
12% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
What work there is in Spring Township: 12,369 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Township, 2013 → 2023: 10,585 → 12,369. 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.
Getting to work from Spring Township takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 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 12,859 commuters (the 15% 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 Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
In Spring Township, walking beats the bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 15,117 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). 6.4% 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.
How Spring Township ranks: 183rd of 1,467 U.S. towns of 20,000 to 39,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
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| 10 | West Whiteland Township PA | 20,826 | $133K | 3.0% | 1.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Horsham Township PA | 27,882 | $122K | 4.3% | 2.4% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 181 | Perry Hall MD | 29,105 | $106K | 6.8% | 2.0% | 4% | A |
| 182 | Plum PA | 26,225 | $99K | 3.6% | 2.8% | 9% | A |
| 183 | Spring Township PA | 28,873 | $95K | 5.1% | 2.0% | 10% | A |
| 184 | Eagle ID | 34,658 | $123K | 6.1% | 2.0% | 14% | A |
| 185 | Plainsboro Township NJ | 24,349 | $132K | 4.2% | 4.0% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,467 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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.
13% of Spring Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Wyomissing (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Township | – | A | A− | 24 min | $94,837 |
| Lower Heidelberg Township | under 2% | A+ | B | 31 min | $123,476 |
| South Heidelberg Township | under 2% | A | C | 25 min | $110,615 |
| Bern Township | 3% | A+ | C+ | 24 min | $117,897 |
| Sinking Spring | under 2% | A | B− | 23 min | $82,500 |
| Wyomissing | 7% | A | B+ | 20 min | $93,203 |
| Cumru Township | 3% | A | B− | 23 min | $90,797 |
| Greenfields | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Greenfields: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. 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?
$94,837 (±$9,655) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Township?
5.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reading (12%, 6 mi), Wyomissing (7%, 4 mi), West Reading (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Spring Township walkable?
Spring Township is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spring Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% 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.