Wunsche Bros. Saloon and Hotel · Photo: AggiePV · CC BY-SA 3.0About half of Spring’s working residents commute to Houston
There are 4,429 jobs in Spring for 31,638 working residents. For jobs and income Spring is better than 69% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (B−). The average commute takes 34 minutes each way, next to 27 for Texas and 26 for the U.S. Household incomes here are higher than in 67% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Spring apart
Nearly half of Spring works in Houston
15,575 working residents, 49%, have their main job in Houston, 19 miles away across the town line. That’s 49 times as many as work in Spring itself. The commute map ↓
Spring is a place people come home to
There are 4,429 jobs based in Spring, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Spring has about 41,000 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Spring workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 54 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Spring
Job access by car holds Spring’s grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Spring could be anywhere from B to A−.
The towns that employ Spring’s residents
Where Spring clocks in
49% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
A workday in Spring: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 31,219 residents head out to work, 419 work right here, and 4,010 people come in from elsewhere.
About 41,000 people are in Spring on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.14 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Spring’s commute takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 30,185 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Goods, not services: 33% of the jobs in Spring
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring, 2013 → 2023: 3,872 → 4,429. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Spring works
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.
Spring is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 33,787 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.0% of Spring households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Spring’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 651 U.S. towns of 48,000 to 93,000, Spring comes 308th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Flower Mound TX | 79,540 | $161K | 4.3% | 3.4% | 10% | A+ |
| 15 | Celina TX | 64,427 | $171K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 306 | Malden MA | 66,370 | $101K | 11.4% | 5.4% | 7% | B+ |
| 307 | Towson MD | 58,679 | $101K | 12.1% | 4.8% | 14% | B+ |
| 308 | Spring TX | 68,580 | $89K | 10.4% | 4.8% | 1% | B+ |
| 309 | Casas Adobes AZ | 72,059 | $84K | 6.6% | 4.3% | 8% | B+ |
| 310 | Gilroy CA | 60,764 | $133K | 6.7% | 6.3% | 15% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 651 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns next door employ 49% of Spring
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Houston. Darker towns draw more of Spring’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: questions
What is the median household income in Spring?
$88,997 (±$3,319) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring?
10.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring work?
1% work in town.
Is Spring walkable?
Spring is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spring without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring
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.