Photo: Elipongo · Public domainWindsor Locks has higher unemployment (5.8%) than 72% of U.S. towns
The trip to work takes 22 minutes on average, next to 27 for Connecticut and 26 for the U.S. Jobs and income earn Windsor Locks B; getting around on foot earns it B+. About one in ten work in Windsor Locks itself; outside it, Hartford draws the most (11%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Windsor Locks and work: the main findings
Stores, warehouses and trucking
41% of the jobs in Windsor Locks are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Windsor Locks are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 27 across Connecticut. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Connecticut worker. Time on the road ↓
Windsor Locks draws workers from far and wide
The 8,233 jobs in Windsor Locks are filled from a wide area. Windsor Locks’ own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 36%; the other 55% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
Windsor Locks’ Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Windsor Locks is better than 56% of U.S. towns, #123 of 155 in Connecticut. Job access by car holds Windsor Locks’ grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Windsor Locks could be anywhere from C+ to A.
67% of the jobs in Windsor Locks pay over $3,333 a month
8,233 jobs are based in Windsor Locks.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Windsor Locks, 2013 → 2023: 8,281 → 8,233. 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 Locks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Windsor Locks takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Windsor Locks workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,492 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Connecticut: 82% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The towns that employ Windsor Locks’ residents
Where Windsor Locks clocks in
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.
Who commutes out of Windsor Locks, and who commutes in
On a workday 5,509 residents head out to work, 718 work right here, and 7,515 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15,000 people are in Windsor Locks on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 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.
How far it is to work from Windsor Locks
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 Windsor Locks, the car does most of the work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across Connecticut.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,676 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 74% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 19% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 76% 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). 9.4% of Windsor Locks households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Windsor Locks’ commuters take a bus or train.
1,309th of 2,354: where Windsor Locks ranks among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | 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 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 140 | Ellington CT | 16,594 | $130K | 2.4% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| 141 | Tolland CT | 14,752 | $133K | 5.3% | 1.2% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 154 | Colchester CT | 15,825 | $122K | 3.9% | 1.7% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,307 | Wayne Township OH | 9,371 | $86K | 9.3% | 5.8% | 9% | B |
| 1,308 | Scottdale GA | 10,542 | $86K | 14.4% | 5.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,309 | Windsor Locks CT | 12,617 | $81K | 10.9% | 5.8% | 12% | B |
| 1,310 | Douglas Township IL | 12,693 | $75K | 13.1% | 2.1% | 43% | B |
| 1,311 | Tolleson AZ | 9,224 | $60K | 18.0% | 2.4% | 10% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Locks, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
Work next door: 19% of Windsor Locks’ workers
The biggest share goes to Windsor (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Windsor Locks workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor Locks | – | B | B+ | 22 min | $81,205 |
| Windsor | 10% | A− | A− | 21 min | $104,725 |
| Suffield | under 3% | A− | C− | 26 min | $119,472 |
| East Granby | under 3% | A+ | B− | 25 min | $120,938 |
| East Windsor | 3% | A− | C+ | 22 min | $96,250 |
| Enfield | 6% | B+ | B− | 24 min | $90,404 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Windsor Locks’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 Locks: questions
What is the median household income in Windsor Locks?
$81,205 (±$13,103) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Windsor Locks?
10.9%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Windsor Locks?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Windsor Locks work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hartford (11%, 11 mi), Windsor (10%, 4 mi), Enfield (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Windsor Locks walkable?
Windsor Locks is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 11.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Windsor Locks without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 19% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Windsor Locks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Windsor Locks
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.