There are 2.6 jobs in Winsor Township for every working resident, and 1,843 people commute in
Employers in Winsor Township report 2,087 jobs, against 788 working residents. For jobs and income Winsor Township is better than 25% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (A−). 2% of workers have no commute at all; Michigan has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Winsor Township apart
Winsor Township is where the jobs are
Winsor Township has 2,087 jobs, 2.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,200 people are in town, 69% more than the 1,900 who live here. Day and night ↓
Winsor Township makes and builds things
47% of the jobs based in Winsor Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Winsor Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Winsor Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 788 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Winsor Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Winsor Township’s grade up (9.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.5%) is left out: Winsor Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Winsor Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Winsor Township by day and by night
On a workday 544 residents head out to work and 244 work right here.
About 3,200 people are in Winsor Township on a workday afternoon, 69% more than live here.
2.6 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 2021, primary jobs.
In Winsor Township, 47% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winsor Township, 2011 → 2021: 1,853 → 2,087. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winsor Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes each way for Winsor Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winsor Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 888 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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 travels to work in Winsor Township, and from where
Where Winsor Township clocks in
Lines 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.
The distance from Winsor Township to work
About 23% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Winsor Township is easy on foot, hard by bus
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 7.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 911 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). 6.1% of Winsor Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Winsor Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600, Winsor Township ranks 3,952nd of 5,921 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 109 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 148 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 223 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,950 | South Padre Island TX | 2,086 | $70K | 16.0% | 5.6% | 35% | C− |
| 3,951 | Lewistown Township IL | 2,562 | $69K | 7.7% | 13.2% | 15% | C− |
| 3,952 | Winsor Township MI | 1,890 | $64K | 9.6% | 5.5% | 31% | C− |
| 3,953 | Cowarts AL | 2,064 | $64K | 18.5% | 4.6% | 3% | C− |
| 3,954 | Rockport IN | 1,966 | $49K | 13.3% | 3.2% | 13% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Winsor Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Winsor Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Oliver Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winsor Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winsor Township | – | C− | A− | 17 min | $64,014 |
| McKinley Township | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Fairhaven Township | 2% | D | C | 27 min | $60,500 |
| Oliver Township | 6% | D | B | 17 min | $55,938 |
| Brookfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. McKinley Township and Brookfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Winsor Township’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 2021, 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 Winsor Township: questions
What is the median household income in Winsor Township?
$64,014 (±$5,115) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winsor Township?
9.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winsor Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winsor Township work?
31% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bad Axe (6%, 15 mi), Oliver Township (6%, 6 mi), Sebewaing Township (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Winsor Township walkable?
Winsor Township is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Winsor Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winsor Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winsor Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.