Photo: Tricia Simpson · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Spring Glen works elsewhere
Household incomes here are lower than in 85% of U.S. towns. 69 jobs are based in Spring Glen for 454 working residents. For jobs and income Spring Glen is better than 3% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Spring Glen
Spring Glen and Price trade workers both ways
Price is the top workplace for Spring Glen residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Spring Glen come from (35% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
48% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Spring Glen is a place people come home to
There are 69 jobs based in Spring Glen, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Spring Glen has about 770 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 454 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Spring Glen’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Spring Glen’s grade.
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: Spring Glen’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Spring Glen could be anywhere from D− to B.
26% of working residents work in Price
Where Spring Glen clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
Where in the region Spring Glen works
About 48% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Spring Glen
On a workday 452 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in Spring Glen on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer 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.
Jobs in Spring Glen: what the 69 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Glen, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 69. 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 Glen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 15 minutes in Spring Glen
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Glen workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 374 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Spring Glen is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Spring Glen is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Spring Glen near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 392 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). 2.4% of Spring Glen households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Spring Glen’s commuters take a bus or train.
Spring Glen and other U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Emigration Canyon UT | 1,417 | $191K | 2.7% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 193 | Lake Shore UT | 1,129 | $99K | 0.0% | 20.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 201 | Mantua UT | 1,389 | $142K | 2.4% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,087 | Rolla ND | 1,156 | $49K | 23.1% | 2.8% | 35% | D− |
| 4,088 | Frost Township MI | 1,065 | $47K | 18.6% | 11.4% | 1% | D− |
| 4,089 | Spring Glen UT | 1,157 | $52K | 28.5% | 2.0% | <1% | D− |
| 4,090 | Julesburg CO | 1,217 | $44K | 17.5% | 3.7% | 23% | D− |
| 4,091 | Glenns Ferry ID | 1,256 | $52K | 23.2% | 1.1% | 27% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Spring Glen, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Spring Glen and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Helper (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Glen workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Glen | – | D− | D− | 15 min | $52,386 |
| Carbonville | under 2% | C+ | C | 10 min | $67,193 |
| Helper | 2% | D | B− | 30 min | $56,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spring Glen’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 Glen: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Glen?
$52,386 (±$36,186) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Glen?
28.5%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Glen?
15 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Glen work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Price (26%, 4 mi), Salt Lake City (6%, 96 mi), Provo (4%, 59 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Spring Glen walkable?
Spring Glen is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spring Glen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Glen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Glen
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.