Windsor Township’s household incomes are lower than in 86% of U.S. towns
About one in four work in Windsor Township itself; outside it, Windsor draws the most (24%, 2 miles). Poverty touches 23.3% of residents, against 12.6% across Missouri. Windsor Township grades D for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Windsor Township, in a few figures
Windsor Township and Windsor trade workers both ways
Windsor is the top workplace for Windsor Township residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Windsor Township come from (33% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
How Windsor Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Windsor Township is better than 12% of U.S. towns, #218 of 247 in Missouri. Unemployment holds Windsor Township’s grade up (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Windsor Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
Commuting out of Windsor Township: the destinations
Where Windsor Township clocks in
14% 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.
How far Windsor Township goes to work
About 33% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Windsor Township
On a workday 1,028 residents head out to work, 329 work right here, and 609 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Windsor Township on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Windsor Township’s employers do
938 jobs are based in Windsor Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Windsor Township, 2013 → 2023: 752 → 938. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Windsor Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Windsor Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,292 commuters (the 8% 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.
Windsor Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Windsor Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #148 of 247 in Missouri. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.2% across Missouri, on an EPA index of 6.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,412 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). 4.7% of Windsor Township households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Windsor Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Windsor Township places 4,031st of 4,535 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 30 | St. Paul MO | 3,849 | $159K | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 112 | Clarkson Valley MO | 2,540 | $247K | 3.0% | 2.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 185 | Frontenac MO | 3,790 | $233K | 2.0% | 4.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 4,029 | Poplarville MS | 2,918 | $54K | 12.8% | 10.4% | 22% | D |
| 4,030 | Lexington MO | 4,568 | $57K | 17.0% | 7.4% | 13% | D |
| 4,031 | Windsor Township MO | 3,454 | $52K | 23.3% | 4.7% | 24% | D |
| 4,032 | Sullivan City TX | 3,891 | $44K | 32.1% | 7.0% | 3% | D |
| 4,033 | Afton NY | 2,719 | $52K | 12.1% | 7.8% | 9% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Next door to Windsor Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Windsor Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor Township | – | D | B | 28 min | $51,719 |
| Tebo Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Springfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Tebo Township and Springfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Windsor 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 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Windsor Township?
$51,719 (±$5,812) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Windsor Township?
23.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Windsor Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Windsor Township work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Windsor (24%, 2 mi), Clinton (14%, 15 mi), Sedalia (8%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Windsor Township walkable?
Windsor Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Windsor Township without a car?
1% 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 Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Windsor Township
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.