With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Winchester works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Winchester A; getting around on foot earns it B−. There are 100 jobs in Winchester; 733 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Winchester for work; outside it, St. Louis is the main destination (11%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Winchester stands out on work
Winchester is a place people come home to
There are 100 jobs based in Winchester, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Winchester has about 770 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Winchester are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across Missouri. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Missouri 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 733 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Winchester’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Winchester is better than 92% of U.S. towns. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($87,917, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Winchester could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How a workday changes Winchester
On a workday 729 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in Winchester on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
About 19 minutes each way for Winchester’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winchester workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,052 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 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.
Commuting out of Winchester: the destinations
Where Winchester clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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.
In Winchester, services account for most jobs
100 jobs are based in Winchester.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winchester, 2013 → 2023: 226 → 100. 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 Winchester’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Winchester
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.
Most of Winchester commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Winchester is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,172 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 44% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.3% of Winchester households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Winchester’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Winchester is 241st of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 239 | Glenmore WI | 1,050 | $100K | 3.0% | 1.4% | 1% | A |
| 240 | Pimlico SC | 1,765 | $137K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A |
| 241 | Winchester MO | 1,400 | $88K | 4.5% | 2.3% | 1% | A |
| 242 | Bull Valley IL | 1,131 | $191K | 6.1% | 6.6% | <1% | A |
| 243 | South Floral Park NY | 1,773 | $119K | 9.5% | 1.7% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Winchester, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Winchester and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Ballwin (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winchester workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester | – | A | B− | 19 min | $87,917 |
| Manchester | 2% | A− | B− | 21 min | $97,801 |
| Ballwin | 4% | A | B− | 26 min | $124,626 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Winchester’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 Winchester: questions
What is the median household income in Winchester?
$87,917 (±$10,256) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winchester?
4.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winchester?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winchester work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (11%, 16 mi), Chesterfield (8%, 6 mi), Maryland Heights (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Winchester walkable?
Winchester is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 11.6 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Winchester without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winchester, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winchester
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.