Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Windsor has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Windsor C+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Windsor has 288 jobs, against 1,182 working residents. 6% of workers work from home, where Maine as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Windsor apart
Windsor workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 25 across Maine. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (27 to 31 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Windsor is a place people come home to
There are 288 jobs based in Windsor, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Windsor has about 1,900 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Windsor works in Augusta
379 working residents, 32%, have their main job in Augusta, 8.2 miles away. That’s 8 times as many as work in Windsor itself. The commute map ↓
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.
Windsor’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Windsor is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #94 of 143 in Maine. The poverty rate holds Windsor’s grade up (7.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Windsor could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Each way, about 36 minutes from Windsor
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Windsor workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,247 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Maine: 84% 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.
Who leaves Windsor for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,137 residents head out to work, 45 work right here, and 243 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Windsor on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
32% of working residents work in Augusta
Where Windsor clocks in
32% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
What Windsor’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Windsor, 2013 → 2023: 255 → 288. 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.
Miles to work from Windsor
About 17% 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.
Few in Windsor walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Windsor is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #117 of 143 in Maine. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Maine, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,333 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). 4.8% of Windsor households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Windsor’s commuters take a bus or train.
Windsor next to U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700: 2,681st of 4,969 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 298 | Dayton ME | 2,182 | $114K | 3.7% | 0.2% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 761 | Newcastle ME | 1,915 | $90K | 3.5% | 0.0% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 765 | West Bath ME | 1,970 | $103K | 3.2% | 3.5% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,679 | Foley MN | 2,650 | $59K | 14.3% | 2.6% | 19% | C+ |
| 2,680 | Greenup Township IL | 2,208 | $58K | 8.3% | 2.3% | 22% | C+ |
| 2,681 | Windsor ME | 2,758 | $63K | 7.5% | 3.5% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,682 | Becket MA | 1,922 | $80K | 12.1% | 3.6% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,683 | North Harmony NY | 2,197 | $71K | 6.9% | 5.7% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Windsor, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Work in the towns next to Windsor
The biggest share goes to China (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Windsor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor | – | C+ | C− | 36 min | $63,178 |
| Jefferson | under 2% | B− | C+ | 30 min | $85,078 |
| Somerville | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Whitefield | under 2% | B | C− | 30 min | $73,875 |
| China | 3% | B+ | B− | 30 min | $96,309 |
| Palermo | under 2% | B− | C | 31 min | $89,095 |
Same-state neighbors only. Somerville: 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?
$63,178 (±$5,189) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Windsor?
7.5%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Windsor?
36 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Windsor work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Augusta (32%, 8 mi), Chelsea (5%, 9 mi), Bath (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Windsor walkable?
Windsor is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Windsor without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% 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. 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.