TownTapestry
Sign inJoin
SpringfieldGood night
Work & commute · Springfield

Work & commute in Springfield, IN

Most working residents leave Springfield for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Michigan City (19%), La Porte (14%) and South Bend (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
40 of 1,420 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,380 Springfield residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 546 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Springfield.

1,380live here, work elsewhere
40live and work here
546work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Springfield goes to work

Trail CreekPorterValparaisoLa PortePortageMichigan CitySouth BendGaryMichianaKankakeeCoolspringGalenaCenterMichiganSpringfieldNew BuffaloMichigan CityLa PorteSouth BendValparaisoCoolspringGaryCenterPorterPortageSpringfield
1
Michigan City5.5 mi away
19%266
2
La Porte7.9 mi away
14%200
3
South Bend25.6 mi away
3%47
4
Valparaiso22.4 mi away
3%45
5
Coolspring7.9 mi away
3%42
6
Springfield (in town)right here
3%40
7
Gary31.6 mi away
3%36
8
Center5.6 mi away
2%34
9
Porter17.8 mi away
2%32
10
Portage23.5 mi away
2%31
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%647

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.

45%Under 10 mi
18%10–24 mi
20%25–50 mi
17%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Springfield is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.41 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Springfield are

586 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

586 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)34%
Trade, transport & utilities32%
Services (health, schools, offices…)34%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Springfield residents hold

1,420 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)31%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month60%
+39%

Jobs based in Springfield, 2013 → 2023: 421 → 586. 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.

We left the porch light on

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Springfield, INLaPorte CountyView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map

Local begins with a boundary.

See what belongs to your selected town.

Loading boundary…

Springfield is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/15 · 2025-01-01
Open detailed map