Work & commute · Spring

Work & commute in Spring, PA

Most working residents leave Spring for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (7%), Upper Providence (6%) and Upper Merion (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

59 of 1,907 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,848 Spring residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 529 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring.

1,848live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

529work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring goes to work

Philadelphia24.7 mi away

7%135

Upper Providence3.2 mi away

6%105

Upper Merion10.6 mi away

5%97

Tredyffrin9.1 mi away

5%97

Limerick3.9 mi away

5%86

East Whiteland9 mi away

4%70

Spring City (in town)right here

3%59

Phoenixville2.9 mi away

3%51

Lower Merion17.4 mi away

3%50

West Norriton9.5 mi away

2%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,115

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

How far

How far Spring commutes

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

45%

40%

45%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring are

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

Jobs based in Spring

588 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Spring residents hold

1,907 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−2%

Jobs based in Spring, 2013 → 2023: 597 → 588. 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.