Photo: Nyttend · Public domainA job hub: Springfield Township has 2.9 jobs per working resident, and 1,784 people come in to work
For jobs and income Springfield Township is better than 52% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (B−). Springfield Township has 1,833 jobs, and 636 of its residents work somewhere. Only 8% work in Springfield Township; the top destination outside it is Pine Township (7%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Springfield Township
Springfield Township is where the jobs are
Springfield Township has 1,833 jobs, 2.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,000 people are in town, 66% more than the 1,800 who live here. Day and night ↓
Many jobs in Springfield Township pay little
38% of the jobs based in Springfield Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 45% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Springfield Township
56% of Springfield Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 27% of the jobs based in Springfield Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. 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; with 636 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Springfield Township’s grade explained
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Springfield Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Springfield Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
The daily commute in and out of Springfield Township
On a workday 587 residents head out to work and 49 work right here.
About 3,000 people are in Springfield Township on a workday afternoon, 66% 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 kinds of work in Springfield Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Springfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,078 → 1,833. 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 Springfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who travels to work in Springfield Township, and from where
Where Springfield Township clocks in
7% 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.
Springfield Township’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Springfield Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 849 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 distance from Springfield Township to work
About 19% 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.
Getting around Springfield Township: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.5.
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). 9.7% of Springfield Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Springfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Springfield Township is 2,115th of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 36 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,113 | Industry PA | 1,783 | $76K | 12.5% | 5.2% | 4% | B− |
| 2,114 | Haven Township KS | 1,555 | $60K | 6.9% | 3.8% | 11% | B− |
| 2,115 | Springfield Township PA | 1,822 | $77K | 11.5% | 3.9% | 8% | B− |
| 2,116 | Bethel VT | 1,887 | $76K | 8.2% | 1.8% | 14% | B− |
| 2,117 | Duquesne MO | 2,345 | $54K | 14.2% | 1.0% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Springfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Springfield Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Wilmington Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Springfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Township | – | B− | B− | 24 min | $76,786 |
| Findley Township | under 3% | B | C− | 22 min | $90,950 |
| East Lackawannock Township | under 3% | B+ | C | 25 min | $79,643 |
| Wilmington Township | 2% | B | B+ | 29 min | $85,288 |
| Washington Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Liberty Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 27 min | $78,906 |
| Wilmington Township | under 3% | C+ | B− | 26 min | $72,557 |
Same-state neighbors only. Washington Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Springfield 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 Springfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Springfield Township?
$76,786 (±$8,073) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Springfield Township?
11.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Springfield Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Springfield Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pine Township (7%, 7 mi), Grove City (7%, 6 mi), Hermitage (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Springfield Township walkable?
Springfield Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Springfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Springfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Springfield 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.