Photo: Jengod · CC BY-SA 4.0View Park-Windsor Hills has higher household incomes than 92% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 7.1% (California 12.0%). View Park-Windsor Hills grades A− for jobs and income and B for walkability. For 28% of workers, the job is at home (California 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in View Park-Windsor Hills
View Park-Windsor Hills and Los Angeles trade workers both ways
Los Angeles is the top workplace for View Park-Windsor Hills residents (49%) and also where the most people who work in View Park-Windsor Hills come from (42% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in View Park-Windsor Hills
28% of View Park-Windsor Hills workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of View Park-Windsor Hills’ working residents have a job less than 7 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 31 minutes, longer than the California average of 29. Time on the road ↓
Most View Park-Windsor Hills residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Nearly all the work in View Park-Windsor Hills is services
86% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 6% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind View Park-Windsor Hills’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, View Park-Windsor Hills is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #224 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds View Park-Windsor Hills’ grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (8.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, View Park-Windsor Hills could be anywhere from B to A.
49% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where View Park-Windsor Hills 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.
The trip to work from View Park-Windsor Hills: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of View Park-Windsor Hills workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,792 commuters (the 28% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from View Park-Windsor Hills
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most jobs in View Park-Windsor Hills are in services
1,591 jobs are based in View Park-Windsor Hills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in View Park-Windsor Hills, 2014 → 2024: 1,421 → 1,591. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs View Park-Windsor Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
View Park-Windsor Hills by day and by night
On a workday 4,535 residents head out to work, 118 work right here, and 1,473 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,200 people are in View Park-Windsor Hills on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.34 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The commute in View Park-Windsor Hills is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, View Park-Windsor Hills is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #651 of 847 in California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,236 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 43% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 12.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 95% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.6% of View Park-Windsor Hills households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of View Park-Windsor Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
893rd of 2,507: where View Park-Windsor Hills ranks among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 16 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 81 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
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| 126 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
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| 891 | Englewood OH | 13,343 | $80K | 6.4% | 3.4% | 6% | A− |
| 892 | DuPont WA | 9,778 | $121K | 4.6% | 6.2% | 5% | A− |
| 893 | View Park-Windsor Hills CA | 11,230 | $131K | 7.1% | 8.2% | 3% | A− |
| 894 | Bel Aire KS | 10,287 | $98K | 11.8% | 2.9% | 4% | A− |
| 895 | Essex Junction VT | 10,921 | $89K | 9.5% | 1.9% | 11% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 19% | 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 View Park-Windsor Hills, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work in the towns next to View Park-Windsor Hills
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | View Park-Windsor Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Park-Windsor Hills | – | A− | B | 31 min | $130,504 |
| Ladera Heights | under 2% | A− | B− | 34 min | $167,065 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of View Park-Windsor Hills’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 2024, 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 View Park-Windsor Hills: questions
What is the median household income in View Park-Windsor Hills?
$130,504 (±$13,458) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in View Park-Windsor Hills?
7.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from View Park-Windsor Hills?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in View Park-Windsor Hills work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (49%, 4 mi), Burbank (4%, 14 mi), Santa Monica (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is View Park-Windsor Hills walkable?
View Park-Windsor Hills is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 12.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around View Park-Windsor Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 43% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from View Park-Windsor Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of View Park-Windsor Hills
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.