Photo: Freeholdman12 · CC BY 4.0Households in Windermere have higher incomes than those in 98% of U.S. towns
1.3% of residents are in poverty (Florida 12.6%). The two grades for Windermere are A+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 38% of workers, where Florida as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Windermere: the figures worth knowing
Home offices are common in Windermere
38% of Windermere workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Windermere has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Windermere went from 463 in 2013 to 669 in 2023, +44%. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Windermere
The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Windermere could be anywhere from A to A+.
Time on the road from Windermere: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Windermere workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 872 commuters (the 38% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What Windermere’s employers do
669 jobs are based in Windermere.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Windermere, 2013 → 2023: 463 → 669. 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 Windermere’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Windermere on a workday
On a workday 1,139 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 649 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Windermere on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
26% of working residents work in Orlando
Where Windermere clocks in
26% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
How far it is to work from Windermere
About 23% 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.
Windermere is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Windermere is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #369 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,398 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.1% of Windermere households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Windermere’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Windermere is 79th of 4,593 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 78 | Kings Park VA | 4,315 | $166K | 1.9% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 79 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| 80 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| 81 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 114 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 133 | Vineyards FL | 3,849 | $131K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 202 | Highland Beach FL | 4,328 | $145K | 2.3% | 3.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | 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 Windermere, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
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 Windermere: questions
What is the median household income in Windermere?
$177,778 (±$36,940) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Windermere?
1.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Windermere?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 38% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Windermere work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orlando (26%, 12 mi), Lake Buena Vista (5%, 8 mi), Lake Butler (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Windermere walkable?
Windermere is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Windermere without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Windermere, from the people who make the trip.
More of Windermere
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.