Winfield’s household incomes are lower than in 88% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 12.5% of residents, where Alabama as a whole has 15.6%. For jobs and income Winfield is better than 22% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (C). About one in four stay in Winfield for work; outside it, Guin is the main destination (6%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Winfield
Winfield trades workers with the towns around it
Winfield has about as many jobs (2,514) as working residents (2,089), but they are mostly different people: 1,606 residents leave for work each day while 2,031 people come in. Only 19% of the jobs in Winfield are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Winfield workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 9% across Alabama. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Winfield
Unemployment holds Winfield’s grade up (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($49,688, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Winfield could be anywhere from D to B.
The daily flow of workers through Winfield
On a workday 1,606 residents head out to work, 483 work right here, and 2,031 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The commute from Winfield, by distance
About 37% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
From Winfield, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winfield workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,838 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Commuting out of Winfield: the destinations
Where Winfield clocks in
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Inside Winfield’s 2,514 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winfield, 2013 → 2023: 2,170 → 2,514. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Winfield, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 1.7% across Alabama.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,878 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.0% of Winfield households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Winfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Winfield ranks: 3,015th of 3,753 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 155 | Highland Lakes AL | 5,866 | $169K | 4.1% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 182 | Priceville AL | 3,952 | $117K | 2.2% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 218 | Argo AL | 4,376 | $105K | 1.1% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,013 | South Brooksville FL | 5,099 | $61K | 14.0% | 5.9% | 1% | C− |
| 3,014 | Chula Vista TX | 4,746 | $39K | 24.4% | 2.2% | <1% | C− |
| 3,015 | Winfield AL | 4,842 | $50K | 12.5% | 3.9% | 23% | C− |
| 3,016 | Roanoke AL | 5,440 | $47K | 12.5% | 3.4% | 30% | C− |
| 3,017 | Gladstone MI | 5,189 | $55K | 14.1% | 3.9% | 16% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,753 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Winfield, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
The towns around Winfield
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield | – | C− | C | 29 min | $49,688 |
| Brilliant | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Glen Allen | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Brilliant: not graded. Glen Allen: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Winfield’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Winfield: questions
What is the median household income in Winfield?
$49,688 (±$29,164) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winfield?
12.5%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winfield?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winfield work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Guin (6%, 7 mi), Hamilton (6%, 17 mi), Fayette (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Winfield walkable?
Winfield is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Winfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winfield
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.