Work & commute · Spring

Work & commute in Spring, TX

Most working residents leave Spring for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (49%), The Woodlands (4%) and Conroe (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

419 of 31,638 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 31,219 Spring residents head out of town to work, 419 work right here, and 4,010 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring.

31,219live here, work elsewhere

419live and work here

4,010work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring goes to work

Houston19.1 mi away

49%15,575

The Woodlands10.7 mi away

4%1,345

Conroe19.4 mi away

3%816

Austin142.5 mi away

2%515

Humble8.8 mi away

1%439

Spring (in town)right here

1%419

Dallas205.6 mi away

1%407

San Antonio192.9 mi away

1%285

Sugar Land35.5 mi away

1%260

Tomball14.3 mi away

1%236

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%11,341

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.

29%

43%

15%

12%

29%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring are

4,429 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

4,429 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Spring residents hold

31,638 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+14%

Jobs based in Spring, 2013 → 2023: 3,872 → 4,429. 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.