Most of Springville commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 72 jobs in Springville, against 397 working residents. For jobs and income Springville is better than 25% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (C). Only 3% stay in Springville for work; outside it, Lake Delton is the main destination (7%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Springville: the gist
Springville is a place people come home to
There are 72 jobs based in Springville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Springville has about 980 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Springville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% 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 ↓
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 397 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Springville’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Springville’s grade up (9.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.2%) is left out: Springville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Springville could be anywhere from D to C+.
Who commutes out of Springville, and who commutes in
On a workday 387 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 980 people are in Springville on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
About 35 minutes to work from Springville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Springville workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 554 commuters (the 8% 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.
How far it is to work from Springville
About 36% 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 towns that employ Springville’s residents
Where Springville clocks in
Lines 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.
What Springville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Springville, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 72. 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 Springville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Springville, the car does most of the work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 603 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). 3.8% of Springville households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Springville’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,376th of 5,400: where Springville ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,374 | Seward NY | 1,588 | $87K | 16.4% | 5.4% | 1% | C |
| 3,375 | White Township PA | 1,290 | $56K | 27.5% | 1.8% | 1% | C |
| 3,376 | Springville WI | 1,305 | $63K | 9.7% | 3.2% | 3% | C |
| 3,377 | Fifth Street TX | 1,453 | $29K | 49.3% | 0.0% | 0% | C |
| 3,378 | Tower City PA | 1,434 | $68K | 13.7% | 5.4% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Springville, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work in the towns next to Springville
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Springville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springville | – | C | C | 35 min | $62,667 |
| Marion | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Quincy | under 3% | D | C+ | 27 min | $42,448 |
| Kildare | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Dell Prairie | under 3% | B− | D | 24 min | $88,516 |
| Easton | under 3% | D | D− | 41 min | $54,405 |
| Jackson | under 3% | D | C− | 36 min | $59,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Marion: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Kildare: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Springville’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 Springville: questions
What is the median household income in Springville?
$62,667 (±$4,790) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Springville?
9.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Springville?
35 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Springville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lake Delton (7%, 13 mi), Wisconsin Dells (6%, 10 mi), Portage (6%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Springville walkable?
Springville is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Springville without a car?
1% 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 Springville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Springville
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.