Work & commute · Springfield

Work & commute in Springfield, OH

Most working residents leave Springfield for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (27%), West Chester (5%) and Blue Ash (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

546 of 16,581 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,035 Springfield residents head out of town to work, 546 work right here, and 9,152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Springfield.

16,035live here, work elsewhere

546live and work here

9,152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Springfield goes to work

Cincinnati7.2 mi away

27%4,558

West Chester8.7 mi away

5%827

Blue Ash7.4 mi away

4%724

Fairfield6.1 mi away

4%648

Sharonville6.8 mi away

4%632

Springdale4.2 mi away

3%427

Mason14.6 mi away

2%336

Forest Park2.9 mi away

2%296

Columbus96.6 mi away

2%285

Deerfield13.3 mi away

2%271

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%7,577

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.

64%

24%

64%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Springfield is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Springfield are

9,698 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

9,698 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Springfield residents hold

16,581 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+57%

Jobs based in Springfield, 2013 → 2023: 6,164 → 9,698. 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.