More people are out of work in Winton (12.1%) than in 97% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Winton is behind 78% of U.S. towns. Winton grades C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. For 4% of workers, the job is at home (California 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Winton at work: what stands out
Fewer jobs are based in Winton than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Winton fell from 1,413 in 2013 to 715 in 2023, −49%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Winton is a place people come home to
There are 715 jobs based in Winton, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Winton has about 8,600 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% 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 ↓
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 Winton earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Winton is better than 19% of U.S. towns, #719 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Winton’s grade up (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Winton could be anywhere from D to C.
The 715 jobs based in Winton
715 jobs are based in Winton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winton, 2013 → 2023: 1,413 → 715. 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 Winton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Winton
On a workday 3,814 residents head out to work, 143 work right here, and 572 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,600 people are in Winton on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.18 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 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Winton commutes less than 25 miles
About 38% 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.
11% of working residents work in Merced
Where Winton clocks in
11% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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 daily trip from Winton: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winton workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,173 commuters (the 4% 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.
Driving is how Winton gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Winton is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns, #671 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of 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 4,369 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 92% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 68% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 77% 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). 6.0% of Winton households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Winton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000, Winton ranks 2,348th of 2,695 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 142 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,346 | Great Bend KS | 14,266 | $54K | 16.9% | 4.7% | 42% | C− |
| 2,347 | Oswego NY | 8,505 | $78K | 18.7% | 15.3% | 10% | C− |
| 2,348 | Winton CA | 11,797 | $57K | 14.0% | 12.1% | 4% | C− |
| 2,349 | Mount Vernon IL | 14,187 | $55K | 17.3% | 6.3% | 47% | C− |
| 2,350 | Athol MA | 12,129 | $69K | 16.3% | 7.0% | 19% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Winton, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Winton and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Atwater (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Winton’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 Winton: questions
What is the median household income in Winton?
$57,015 (±$4,562) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winton?
14.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winton?
26 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winton work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Merced (11%, 10 mi), Atwater (6%, 3 mi), Turlock (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Winton walkable?
Winton is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 10.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Winton without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 68% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winton
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.