Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Winslow works elsewhere
Only 3% work in Winslow; the top destination outside it is Jasper (13%, 15 miles). There are 36 jobs in Winslow; 310 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 33 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Winslow, in brief
Winslow is a place people come home to
There are 36 jobs based in Winslow, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Winslow has about 470 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Winslow workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 253 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 310 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Winslow
On a workday 302 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Winslow on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Winslow takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winslow workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 287 commuters (the 8% 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.
Commuting out of Winslow: the destinations
Where Winslow clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
In Winslow, 28% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winslow, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 36. 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 Winslow’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Winslow
About 20% 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.
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 Winslow: questions
What is the median household income in Winslow?
$59,464 (±$15,231) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winslow?
12.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winslow?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winslow work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jasper (13%, 15 mi), Petersburg (11%, 8 mi), Evansville (7%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Winslow without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winslow, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winslow
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.