Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0At 5.7%, unemployment in Springtown is higher than in 71% of U.S. towns
For 5% of workers, the job is at home, where Texas as a whole has 14%. The two grades for Springtown are B− for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in ten work in Springtown; the top destination outside it is Fort Worth (25%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Springtown, in brief
Springtown workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 44 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 337 hours of commuting, 130 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Springtown’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Springtown is Fort Worth, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 25% of working residents (332) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Springtown is where the jobs are
Springtown has 2,015 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Springtown has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Springtown went from 1,345 in 2013 to 2,015 in 2023, +50%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Springtown
68% of Springtown residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 48% of the jobs based in Springtown pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 89% 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Springtown
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Springtown is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #303 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Springtown’s grade up (ahead of 70% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Springtown could be anywhere from C− to A.
How long Springtown spends getting to work: about 44 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Springtown workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,778 commuters (the 5% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Springtown
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.
Who commutes out of Springtown, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,183 residents head out to work, 147 work right here, and 1,868 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,900 people are in Springtown on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
What the 2,015 jobs in Springtown are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Springtown, 2013 → 2023: 1,345 → 2,015. 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 Springtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into Springtown
Where Springtown clocks in
25% 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.
Few in Springtown walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Springtown is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #214 of 642 in Texas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,871 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). 3.6% of Springtown households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Springtown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Springtown next to U.S. towns of 3,600 to 7,000: 2,075th of 3,696 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 7 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,073 | Maiden NC | 3,922 | $76K | 19.7% | 2.6% | 7% | B− |
| 2,074 | Shenandoah TX | 3,833 | $62K | 10.9% | 5.7% | 3% | B− |
| 2,075 | Springtown TX | 5,204 | $75K | 10.7% | 5.7% | 11% | B− |
| 2,076 | Vermilion Township OH | 4,741 | $73K | 5.9% | 7.9% | 5% | B− |
| 2,077 | Brooks Township MI | 3,833 | $78K | 7.7% | 3.3% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,696 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Springtown, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Springtown: questions
What is the median household income in Springtown?
$75,391 (±$18,363) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Springtown?
10.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Springtown?
44 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Springtown work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (25%, 23 mi), Dallas (6%, 54 mi), Azle (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Springtown walkable?
Springtown is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Springtown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Springtown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Springtown
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.