The overall crime rate in Springwater is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Springwater has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Springwater has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Springwater than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Springwater may be for you.
In Springwater, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.17 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Springwater is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Springwater have a very low rate of college education: just 7.03% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Springwater in 2022 was $27,323, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,292 for a family of four. However, Springwater contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Springwater home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Springwater residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Springwater include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Springwater is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
