Work & commute · Spring

Work & commute in Spring, PA

Most working residents leave Spring for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Reading (12%), Wyomissing (7%) and West Reading (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,236 of 12,935 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 11,699 Spring residents head out of town to work, 1,236 work right here, and 11,133 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring.

11,699live here, work elsewhere

1,236live and work here

11,133work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring goes to work

Reading6 mi away

12%1,529

Spring (in town)right here

10%1,236

Wyomissing4 mi away

7%866

West Reading4.9 mi away

5%661

Muhlenberg8.3 mi away

4%523

Cumru4.6 mi away

3%401

Bern6.6 mi away

3%370

Philadelphia51.7 mi away

2%275

Maxatawny21.4 mi away

2%261

East Cocalico6.9 mi away

2%258

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%6,555

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.

57%

15%

18%

10%

57%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring are

12,369 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

12,369 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Spring residents hold

12,935 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+17%

Jobs based in Spring, 2013 → 2023: 10,585 → 12,369. 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.