Photo: Dennisyerger84 · CC BY-SA 3.0Winfield has higher household incomes than 93% of U.S. towns
Winfield grades A for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 5.9% of residents live below the poverty line, against 12.3% across Indiana. Only 3% work in Winfield; the top destination outside it is Crown Point (13%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Winfield in brief
Winfield workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Winfield
67% of Winfield residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Winfield pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Nearly all the work in Winfield is services
86% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 2% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Winfield pay little
26% of the jobs based in Winfield pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 32% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Winfield’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Winfield is better than 87% of U.S. towns, #66 of 593 in Indiana. Household income is its strongest input ($135,870, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Winfield could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Commuting from Winfield: about 37 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winfield workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,317 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Winfield
1,304 jobs are based in Winfield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,035 → 1,304. 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.
Winfield on a workday afternoon
On a workday 3,386 residents head out to work, 107 work right here, and 1,197 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,000 people are in Winfield on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.37 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.
Commuting out of Winfield: the destinations
Where Winfield clocks in
13% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
Half of Winfield commutes less than 14 miles
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 Winfield, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Winfield is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #451 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,009 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). 2.0% of Winfield households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Winfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Winfield places 558th of 2,855 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 6,400 to 12,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 73 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 157 | Miller Township IN | 10,161 | $113K | 3.0% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 178 | Lakes of the Four Seasons IN | 7,402 | $122K | 3.1% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 556 | Tyrone Township MI | 12,270 | $100K | 5.9% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
| 557 | Westlake Village CA | 7,505 | $180K | 5.8% | 4.4% | 7% | A |
| 558 | Winfield IN | 9,140 | $136K | 5.9% | 3.0% | 3% | A |
| 559 | Sand Lake NY | 8,349 | $120K | 5.1% | 3.0% | 8% | A |
| 560 | Williamsburg FL | 9,063 | $89K | 6.1% | 2.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,855 | 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 Indiana.
Bordering towns draw 10% of Winfield’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield | – | A | C− | 37 min | $135,870 |
| Lakes of the Four Seasons | under 3% | A+ | C− | 41 min | $121,750 |
| Winfield Township | under 3% | A | C | 35 min | $133,448 |
| Center Township | under 3% | A− | B− | 30 min | $102,336 |
| Porter Township | under 3% | A | D− | 40 min | $123,075 |
| Merrillville | 10% | C+ | B+ | 32 min | $67,587 |
| Ross Township | under 3% | B− | B+ | 32 min | $72,416 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Merrillville. 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?
$135,870 (±$7,776) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winfield?
5.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winfield?
37 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winfield work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crown Point (13%, 4 mi), Merrillville (10%, 5 mi), Chicago (8%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Winfield walkable?
Winfield is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Winfield 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 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.