Work & commute · Springfield

Work & commute in Springfield, NY

Most working residents leave Springfield for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Otsego (16%), Cherry Valley (9%) and New York (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 448 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 436 Springfield residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 202 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Springfield.

436live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

202work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Springfield goes to work

Otsego7.1 mi away

16%70

Cherry Valley7.5 mi away

9%42

New York157.4 mi away

5%23

Colonie55.1 mi away

4%20

Albany55.4 mi away

3%14

Springfield (in town)right here

3%12

New Hartford26.1 mi away

3%12

Middlefield9.4 mi away

2%10

Herkimer17.2 mi away

2%9

Utica25.7 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%228

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.

21%

26%

20%

34%

21%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Springfield is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Springfield are

214 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

214 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Springfield residents hold

448 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−11%

Jobs based in Springfield, 2013 → 2023: 241 → 214. 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.