Photo: Kingkevy · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Winfield earn more than those in 93% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.4 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 36.9 in Chicago. Poverty touches 3.2% of residents, next to 11.8% for Illinois as a whole. The two grades for Winfield are A for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Winfield: the figures worth knowing
Winfield is where the jobs are
Winfield has 8,067 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Winfield draws workers from far and wide
The 8,067 jobs in Winfield are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 32%; the other 67% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Winfield
27% of Winfield workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Winfield pay over $40,000 a year
77% of the jobs based in Winfield pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Winfield’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Winfield is Chicago, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (752) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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.
Jobs & income in Winfield: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Winfield is better than 90% of U.S. towns, #126 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Winfield’s grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Winfield could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How a workday changes Winfield
On a workday 4,309 residents head out to work, 110 work right here, and 7,957 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in Winfield on a workday afternoon, 36% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The daily trip into Winfield
Where Winfield clocks in
17% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Winfield
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winfield workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,855 commuters (the 27% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Winfield
8,067 jobs are based in Winfield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winfield, 2013 → 2023: 6,537 → 8,067. 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 Winfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Winfield, by distance
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.
Winfield is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Winfield is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns, #177 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 8.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,247 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 16% 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 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 63% 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). 1.8% of Winfield households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Winfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Winfield is 451st among 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | 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 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Western Springs IL | 13,588 | $230K | 1.3% | 3.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 449 | Brunswick NY | 12,626 | $107K | 2.8% | 3.1% | 5% | A |
| 450 | Franconia Township PA | 13,827 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.5% | 9% | A |
| 451 | Winfield IL | 10,146 | $136K | 3.2% | 5.6% | 2% | A |
| 452 | Josephine TX | 10,208 | $91K | 5.8% | 1.8% | <1% | A |
| 453 | Cedarburg WI | 12,916 | $85K | 4.7% | 2.1% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Winfield, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
11% of Winfield works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Wheaton (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield | – | A | A | 29 min | $135,795 |
| Carol Stream | 4% | A | A− | 28 min | $102,309 |
| Winfield Township | under 3% | B | A− | 27 min | $103,183 |
| Milton Township | under 3% | A | A+ | 27 min | $121,087 |
| Wheaton | 7% | A | A+ | 26 min | $120,008 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Winfield’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 Winfield: questions
What is the median household income in Winfield?
$135,795 (±$19,966) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winfield?
3.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winfield?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winfield work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (17%, 24 mi), Wheaton (7%, 3 mi), Carol Stream (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Winfield walkable?
Winfield is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Winfield without a car?
6% 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 Winfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winfield
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.