Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0Winfield has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 5% stay in Winfield for work; outside it, O'Fallon is the main destination (10%, 15 miles). Employers in Winfield report 364 jobs, and 725 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Winfield is better than 37% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Winfield, in brief
Jobs & income in Winfield: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Winfield’s grade up (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: Winfield’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Winfield could be anywhere from C to B−.
Winfield’s commute takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winfield workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 846 commuters (the 6% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Winfield
On a workday 688 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 327 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Winfield on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Where the trip to work from Winfield ends
Where Winfield clocks in
10% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Winfield
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winfield, 2013 → 2023: 459 → 364. 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 Winfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Winfield works
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.
Driving is how Winfield gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 898 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). 7.4% of Winfield households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Winfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Winfield is 2,735th of 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 55 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,733 | Taft Mosswood CA | 1,343 | $59K | 18.4% | 4.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,734 | Cimarron KS | 1,935 | $82K | 16.5% | 3.4% | 22% | C+ |
| 2,735 | Winfield MO | 1,660 | $76K | 18.0% | 2.0% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,736 | Beaver Dam AZ | 1,624 | $73K | 6.2% | 6.8% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,737 | North Fork AZ | 1,463 | $123K | 13.5% | 5.8% | 0% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | 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 Winfield, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Winfield and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield | – | C+ | C | 32 min | $75,766 |
| Old Monroe | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Old Monroe: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Winfield’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 Winfield: questions
What is the median household income in Winfield?
$75,766 (±$7,008) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winfield?
18.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winfield?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winfield work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are O'Fallon (10%, 15 mi), St. Peters (6%, 16 mi), St. Charles (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Winfield walkable?
Winfield is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Winfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winfield
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.