Photo: Thankstelfair · Public domainWinchester has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
228 jobs are based in Winchester for 1,197 working residents. The two grades for Winchester are B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Hardly any work in Winchester itself; outside it, Temecula draws the most (10%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Winchester and work: the main findings
Winchester workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 46 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 353 hours of commuting, 130 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Winchester is a place people come home to
There are 228 jobs based in Winchester, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
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.
How Winchester earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Winchester is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #318 of 847 in California. Unemployment holds Winchester’s grade up (2.0%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Winchester could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Commuting from Winchester: about 46 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winchester workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,849 commuters (the 18% 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.
Who commutes out of Winchester, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,190 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 221 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Winchester on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Winchester ends
Where Winchester clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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 kinds of work in Winchester
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winchester, 2013 → 2023: 178 → 228. 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 Winchester’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Winchester works
About 27% 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.
In Winchester, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Winchester is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns, #805 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,253 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 25% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 70% 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). 2.6% of Winchester households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Winchester’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Winchester ranks: 1,281st of 3,862 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100
| # | 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 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,279 | Union Township PA | 4,851 | $65K | 8.3% | 1.9% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,280 | Mission Hills CA | 3,859 | $112K | 5.4% | 3.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,281 | Winchester CA | 4,555 | $79K | 10.3% | 2.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,282 | Dilworth MN | 4,823 | $91K | 15.1% | 2.2% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,283 | Lely FL | 3,804 | $70K | 7.8% | 2.1% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | 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 Winchester, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Winchester and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Hemet (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winchester workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester | – | B+ | C− | 46 min | $79,250 |
| Green Acres | under 2% | C+ | C | 44 min | $79,855 |
| Hemet | 4% | C− | B+ | 36 min | $57,719 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Winchester’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 Winchester: questions
What is the median household income in Winchester?
$79,250 (±$16,074) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winchester?
10.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winchester?
46 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winchester work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Temecula (10%, 16 mi), San Diego (9%, 61 mi), Murrieta (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Winchester walkable?
Winchester is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Winchester without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winchester, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winchester
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.