Work & commute · Spring

Work & commute in Spring, IL

Most working residents leave Spring for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (18%), Belvidere (17%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 306 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 301 Spring residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 458 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring.

301live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

458work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring goes to work

Rockford16.2 mi away

18%56

Belvidere8.2 mi away

17%53

Chicago60.4 mi away

4%12

Belvidere8.9 mi away

3%9

Marengo8.9 mi away

3%8

Loves Park15.7 mi away

2%6

Hampshire14.1 mi away

2%5

Woodstock18.2 mi away

2%5

Peoria109.3 mi away

1%4

Springfield172.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%144

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

How far

How far Spring commutes

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

26%

37%

19%

18%

26%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring are

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

Jobs based in Spring

463 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities76%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Spring residents hold

306 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+13%

Jobs based in Spring, 2013 → 2023: 410 → 463. 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.