Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Windsor have higher incomes than those in 91% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 6.0% of residents; Colorado has 9.4%. The two grades for Windsor are A− for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in ten stay in Windsor for work; outside it, Fort Collins is the main destination (19%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Windsor: the gist
A lot of Windsor works one town over
40% of working residents work in a town that borders Windsor: Fort Collins (19%), Loveland (11%) and Greeley (10%). Next door ↓
Windsor has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Windsor went from 6,145 in 2013 to 9,560 in 2023, +56%. The jobs ↓
Windsor makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Windsor are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Windsor residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Windsor’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Windsor is better than 79% of U.S. towns, #59 of 159 in Colorado. Household income holds Windsor’s grade up ($127,028, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Windsor could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Factories, building and farms: 35% of the jobs in Windsor
9,560 jobs are based in Windsor.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Windsor, 2013 → 2023: 6,145 → 9,560. 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 Windsor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Windsor
On a workday 16,765 residents head out to work, 1,714 work right here, and 7,846 people come in from elsewhere.
About 35,000 people are in Windsor on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.52 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.
Where Windsor goes to work
Where Windsor clocks in
19% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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.
About 26 minutes to work from Windsor
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Windsor workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15,215 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across Colorado: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Windsor commutes less than 12 miles
About 21% 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.
For most of Windsor, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Windsor is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #107 of 159 in Colorado. Both inputs place Windsor near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 19,111 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% 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). 1.9% of Windsor households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Windsor’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 31,000 to 59,000, Windsor ranks 353rd of 985 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Erie CO | 40,904 | $173K | 2.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Dakota Ridge CO | 33,753 | $121K | 4.4% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 136 | Ken Caryl CO | 33,233 | $118K | 3.7% | 3.8% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 351 | Martinez CA | 36,849 | $127K | 6.3% | 5.8% | 12% | A− |
| 352 | Pittsfield Township MI | 40,265 | $102K | 7.2% | 4.5% | 8% | A− |
| 353 | Windsor CO | 43,840 | $127K | 6.0% | 4.5% | 9% | A− |
| 354 | Winter Springs FL | 39,585 | $93K | 6.8% | 4.0% | 4% | A− |
| 355 | North Huntingdon Township PA | 31,697 | $101K | 5.1% | 5.0% | 12% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 985 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Windsor, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
Bordering towns draw 40% of Windsor’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Windsor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor | – | A− | B | 26 min | $127,028 |
| Severance | under 2% | A | C− | 27 min | $124,572 |
| Fort Collins | 19% | A− | A+ | 20 min | $85,070 |
| Greeley | 10% | C+ | A− | 24 min | $69,881 |
| Loveland | 11% | B | B+ | 26 min | $84,604 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Collins. Darker towns draw more of Windsor’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 Windsor: questions
What is the median household income in Windsor?
$127,028 (±$5,803) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Windsor?
6.0%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Windsor?
26 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Windsor work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Collins (19%, 9 mi), Loveland (11%, 9 mi), Greeley (10%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Windsor walkable?
Windsor is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Windsor without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Windsor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Windsor
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.