Work & commute · Springville

Work & commute in Springville, MI

Most working residents leave Springville for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Traverse City (14%), Cadillac (13%) and Garfield (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 545 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 518 Springville residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 302 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Springville.

518live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

302work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Springville goes to work

Traverse City27.2 mi away

14%74

Cadillac18.8 mi away

13%69

Garfield24.9 mi away

8%41

Springville (in town)right here

5%27

Haring18.8 mi away

3%19

Hanover8.9 mi away

3%17

South Branch12.1 mi away

2%13

Blair18.8 mi away

2%11

Grand Rapids98 mi away

2%10

Clam Lake22.3 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%254

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

How far

How far Springville commutes

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

10%

45%

20%

25%

10%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Springville is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Springville are

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

Jobs based in Springville

329 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Springville residents hold

545 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−17%

Jobs based in Springville, 2011 → 2021: 395 → 329. 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.