Work & commute · Springfield

Work & commute in Springfield, CO

58% of Springfield’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Lamar (3%), Walsh (3%) and Colorado Springs (2%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

58%

314 of 545 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 231 Springfield residents head out of town to work, 314 work right here, and 365 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Springfield.

231live here, work elsewhere

314live and work here

365work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Springfield goes to work

Springfield (in town)right here

58%314

Lamar46.4 mi away

3%19

Walsh18.7 mi away

3%16

Colorado Springs154.1 mi away

2%12

Pueblo124 mi away

2%9

Aurora195.6 mi away

1%8

Greenwood Village196.7 mi away

1%4

Trinidad104.1 mi away

1%4

Fountain143 mi away

1%4

Grand Junction343 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%151

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Springfield commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

63%

10%

22%

63%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Springfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Springfield are

679 jobs are based in Springfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Springfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Springfield

679 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Springfield residents hold

545 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+13%

Jobs based in Springfield, 2013 → 2023: 599 → 679. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.