Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Winsted has lower unemployment (0.8%) than 96% of U.S. towns
For 7% of workers, the job is at home, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Jobs and income earn Winsted B; getting around on foot earns it B+. About one in ten work in Winsted itself; outside it, Hutchinson draws the most (8%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Winsted apart on work
Winsted makes and builds things
59% of the jobs based in Winsted are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Winsted residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 33%. The jobs ↓
Winsted has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Winsted went from 960 in 2013 to 1,378 in 2023, +44%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Winsted pay over $40,000 a year
74% of the jobs based in Winsted pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Winsted’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Winsted is better than 57% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Winsted’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($67,200, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Winsted could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Winsted works in goods: 59% of its jobs
1,378 jobs are based in Winsted.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winsted, 2013 → 2023: 960 → 1,378. 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 Winsted’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Winsted for work, and who comes in
On a workday 989 residents head out to work, 132 work right here, and 1,246 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Winsted on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Winsted’s residents
Where Winsted clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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 Winsted spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winsted workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,171 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Winsted
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.
In Winsted, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Winsted is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Winsted near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,257 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). 2.0% of Winsted households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Winsted’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,641 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000, Winsted comes 1,967th 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | May Township MN | 2,638 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,965 | Sodus Township MI | 1,977 | $78K | 7.4% | 4.9% | 5% | B |
| 1,966 | North Sarasota FL | 2,824 | $85K | 8.1% | 7.3% | 1% | B |
| 1,967 | Winsted MN | 2,209 | $67K | 11.3% | 0.8% | 12% | B |
| 1,968 | Oak Harbor OH | 2,780 | $46K | 5.7% | 2.1% | 10% | B |
| 1,969 | Roseto PA | 1,603 | $75K | 9.6% | 6.3% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Winsted, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
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 Winsted: questions
What is the median household income in Winsted?
$67,200 (±$19,410) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winsted?
11.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winsted?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winsted work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hutchinson (8%, 17 mi), Glencoe (6%, 14 mi), Eden Prairie (4%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Winsted walkable?
Winsted is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Winsted without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winsted, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winsted
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.