Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0Windsor has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
68 jobs are based in Windsor; 491 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Windsor itself; outside it, Pittsfield draws the most (30%, 12 miles). Working residents average 37 minutes each way, where Massachusetts has 29 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Windsor, in brief
Windsor is a place people come home to
There are 68 jobs based in Windsor, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Windsor has about 390 people in it, 52% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
30% of Windsor works in Pittsfield
149 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Pittsfield, 12 miles away. That’s 30 times as many as work in Windsor itself. The commute map ↓
Windsor workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 29 across Massachusetts. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 61 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 491 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Windsor for work, and who comes in
On a workday 484 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Windsor on a workday afternoon, 52% 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.
Where Windsor goes to work
Where Windsor clocks in
30% of workers
8% 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.
How long Windsor spends getting to work: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Windsor workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 473 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Goods jobs make up 57% of work in Windsor
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Windsor, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 68. 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 Windsor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Windsor works
About 24% 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.
Windsor and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Dalton (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Windsor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor | – | — | — | 37 min | $115,563 |
| Cheshire | under 2% | C+ | A | 29 min | $69,803 |
| Dalton | 8% | C+ | B | 22 min | $79,438 |
| Plainfield | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Cummington | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Plainfield and Cummington: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Windsor’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 Windsor: questions
What is the median household income in Windsor?
$115,563 (±$10,099) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Windsor?
3.8%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Windsor?
37 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Windsor work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsfield (30%, 12 mi), Dalton (8%, 6 mi), Peru (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Windsor without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Windsor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Windsor
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.