State Bank of Spring Green · Photo: Bahrsoap · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Spring Green works elsewhere
461 jobs are based in Spring Green; 944 of its residents have a job. Only 6% stay in Spring Green for work; outside it, Madison is the main destination (16%, 35 miles). The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Spring Green and work: the main findings
Spring Green’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Spring Green is Madison, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (155) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Spring Green
66% of Spring Green residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Spring Green pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Spring Green than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Spring Green fell from 735 in 2014 to 461 in 2024, −37%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 944 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Half of Spring Green commutes less than 26 miles
About 18% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Spring Green works in goods: 31% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Green, 2014 → 2024: 735 → 461. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Spring Green’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Spring Green, and who commutes in
On a workday 887 residents head out to work, 57 work right here, and 404 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Spring Green on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Spring Green: the destinations
Where Spring Green clocks in
16% 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.
How long Spring Green spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Green workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 787 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
Around Spring Green: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Green workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Green | – | — | — | 25 min | $82,692 |
| Wyoming | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Arena | under 3% | B | D | 30 min | $97,375 |
| Clyde | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Franklin | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Buena Vista | under 3% | C | C− | 25 min | $73,281 |
| Lone Rock | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Bear Creek | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Troy | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wyoming, Clyde, Lone Rock and Bear Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Franklin and Troy: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spring Green’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 2024, 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 Green: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Green?
$82,692 (±$8,192) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Green?
5.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Green?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Green work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (16%, 35 mi), Spring Green (16%, 2 mi), Prairie du Sac (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Spring Green without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Green, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Green
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.