Work & commute · Springfield

Work & commute in Springfield, PA

Most working residents leave Springfield for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (30%), Upper Dublin (3%) and Whitemarsh (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

624 of 9,405 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,781 Springfield residents head out of town to work, 624 work right here, and 5,440 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Springfield.

8,781live here, work elsewhere

624live and work here

5,440work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Springfield goes to work

Philadelphia7.1 mi away

30%2,861

Springfield (in town)right here

7%624

Upper Dublin3.8 mi away

3%320

Whitemarsh2.3 mi away

3%288

Abington4.7 mi away

3%271

Lower Merion6.4 mi away

2%225

Upper Merion9.6 mi away

2%223

Horsham7.1 mi away

2%202

Plymouth5.2 mi away

2%201

Whitpain5.8 mi away

2%197

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%3,993

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.

56%

33%

56%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Springfield is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Springfield are

6,064 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

6,064 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Springfield residents hold

9,405 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+5%

Jobs based in Springfield, 2013 → 2023: 5,770 → 6,064. 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.