Work & commute · Springfield

Work & commute in Springfield, MI

Most working residents leave Springfield for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Auburn Hills (7%), Waterford (7%) and Troy (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

224 of 6,296 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,072 Springfield residents head out of town to work, 224 work right here, and 1,944 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Springfield.

6,072live here, work elsewhere

224live and work here

1,944work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Springfield goes to work

Auburn Hills14 mi away

7%449

Waterford8.2 mi away

7%410

Troy21.3 mi away

6%348

Independence5.6 mi away

5%345

Detroit32.3 mi away

4%245

Warren29.9 mi away

4%236

Pontiac12.8 mi away

4%231

Springfield (in town)right here

4%224

Southfield22.5 mi away

3%203

Farmington Hills19.1 mi away

3%165

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%3,440

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.

19%

51%

22%

19%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Springfield is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Springfield are

2,168 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

2,168 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Springfield residents hold

6,296 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+3%

Jobs based in Springfield, 2011 → 2021: 2,110 → 2,168. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.