Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Winnsboro earn less than those in 98% of U.S. towns
20% of workers work from home (Louisiana 8%). The poverty rate is 43.5%, against 18.9% across Louisiana. Winnsboro grades D− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Winnsboro
Commutes from Winnsboro are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 26 across Louisiana. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical Louisiana worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Winnsboro workers earn over $40,000 a year
30% of Winnsboro’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 25% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Winnsboro is where the jobs are
Winnsboro has 2,970 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Winnsboro
20% of Winnsboro workers work from home, against 8% across Louisiana. Time on the road ↓
Winnsboro’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Winnsboro is Monroe, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (153) 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 Winnsboro: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Winnsboro is better than 2% of U.S. towns, #155 of 161 in Louisiana. Job access by car holds Winnsboro’s grade up (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Winnsboro could be anywhere from D− to D.
Winnsboro’s commute takes about 13 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winnsboro workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,136 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across Louisiana: 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.
What the 2,970 jobs in Winnsboro are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winnsboro, 2013 → 2023: 2,931 → 2,970. 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 Winnsboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Winnsboro
On a workday 1,055 residents head out to work, 461 work right here, and 2,509 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,000 people are in Winnsboro on a workday afternoon, 32% more than live here.
2.0 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Winnsboro
About 26% 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 towns that send workers to Winnsboro
Where Winnsboro clocks in
10% of workers
3% 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 of Winnsboro commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Winnsboro is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #109 of 161 in Louisiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Louisiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,421 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 21.2% of Winnsboro households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Winnsboro’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Winnsboro compares with U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 301 | Hahnville LA | 3,520 | $101K | 6.7% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,063 | Elmwood LA | 6,077 | $89K | 7.7% | 4.8% | 13% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,337 | Westlake LA | 4,763 | $68K | 12.1% | 0.0% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,882 | Kelseyville CA | 4,011 | $46K | 23.1% | 12.3% | 9% | D− |
| 3,883 | Silver Springs NV | 5,060 | $49K | 19.6% | 11.0% | 4% | D− |
| 3,884 | Winnsboro LA | 4,566 | $36K | 43.5% | 10.9% | 30% | D− |
| 3,885 | Louisville MS | 5,921 | $37K | 39.3% | 10.3% | 39% | D− |
| 3,886 | Caruthersville MO | 5,211 | $35K | 31.4% | 9.0% | 33% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | 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 Winnsboro, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
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 Winnsboro: questions
What is the median household income in Winnsboro?
$35,573 (±$11,303) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winnsboro?
43.5%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winnsboro?
13 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winnsboro work?
30% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monroe (10%, 32 mi), Mangham (3%, 11 mi), Rayville (3%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Winnsboro walkable?
Winnsboro is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Winnsboro without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 21% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winnsboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winnsboro
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.