Household incomes in Winding Cypress top those of 93% of U.S. towns
72% of workers have no commute at all (Florida 16%). 18.9% of residents live below the poverty line, where Florida as a whole has 12.6%. Jobs and income earn Winding Cypress B−; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Winding Cypress at work: what stands out
Home offices are common in Winding Cypress
72% of Winding Cypress workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Winding Cypress is a place people come home to
There are 18 jobs based in Winding Cypress, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Winding Cypress workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 233 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Winding Cypress’ grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Winding Cypress is better than 50% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Winding Cypress’ grade up ($138,359, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Winding Cypress’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Winding Cypress could be anywhere from C+ to A.
About 37 minutes to work from Winding Cypress
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winding Cypress workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 128 commuters (the 72% 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.
How many people are in Winding Cypress by day
On a workday 233 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 950 people are in Winding Cypress on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.08 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.
13% of working residents work in Marco Island
Where Winding Cypress clocks in
9% 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.
Most jobs in Winding Cypress are in services
18 jobs are based in Winding Cypress.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winding Cypress, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 18. 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 Winding Cypress’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Winding Cypress 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.
The commute in Winding Cypress is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Winding Cypress is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 456 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). 0.0% of Winding Cypress households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Winding Cypress’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Winding Cypress ranks: 1,459th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Fisher Island FL | 1,026 | $250K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | Golden Beach FL | 1,029 | $236K | 7.1% | 2.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Belleair Beach FL | 1,581 | $164K | 5.9% | 3.6% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,457 | Liberty Township IN | 1,106 | $56K | 2.0% | 2.1% | 1% | B− |
| 1,458 | Neville Township PA | 1,052 | $61K | 13.4% | 4.3% | 8% | B− |
| 1,459 | Winding Cypress FL | 1,160 | $138K | 18.9% | 0.0% | 0% | B− |
| 1,460 | Garden Plain KS | 1,010 | $85K | 15.9% | 6.2% | <1% | B− |
| 1,461 | Spicer MN | 1,096 | $78K | 7.7% | 1.3% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Winding Cypress, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work in the towns next to Winding Cypress
The biggest share goes to Verona Walk (1%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winding Cypress workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winding Cypress | – | B− | D | 37 min | $138,359 |
| Verona Walk | 1% | B | D | 25 min | $66,411 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Winding Cypress’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 Winding Cypress: questions
What is the median household income in Winding Cypress?
$138,359 (±$29,916) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winding Cypress?
18.9%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winding Cypress?
37 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 72% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winding Cypress work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marco Island (13%, 9 mi), Naples (9%, 10 mi), Fort Myers (3%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Winding Cypress walkable?
Winding Cypress is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Winding Cypress without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winding Cypress, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winding Cypress
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.