Union Chapel · Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and earnings in Windham, and the trip to work
A typical one-way commute lasts 27 minutes, where New York has 33 and the U.S. 26. Windham grades C+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in three work in Windham; the top destination outside it is New York City (12%, 115 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Windham
Windham’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Windham is New York City, 115 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (72) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Many jobs in Windham pay little
40% of the jobs based in Windham pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% 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; with 595 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Windham’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Windham is better than 38% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Windham’s grade up (7.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (5.2%) is left out: Windham’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, Windham could be anywhere from C− to B.
Where in the region Windham works
About 31% 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.
In Windham, services account for most jobs
887 jobs are based in Windham.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Windham, 2013 → 2023: 845 → 887. 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 Windham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Windham by day and by night
On a workday 408 residents head out to work, 187 work right here, and 700 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Windham on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 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.
Commuting out of Windham: the destinations
Where Windham clocks in
12% of workers
5% 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.
About 27 minutes to work from Windham
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Windham workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 498 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Few in Windham walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Windham is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 12.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 601 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). 2.9% of Windham households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Windham’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Windham is 2,918th among 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,916 | Piedmont SD | 1,245 | $54K | 7.3% | 1.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,917 | Dunkirk NY | 1,202 | $67K | 8.9% | 4.1% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,918 | Windham NY | 1,701 | $76K | 7.4% | 5.2% | 31% | C+ |
| 2,919 | Perry Township PA | 2,244 | $68K | 6.7% | 9.9% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,920 | Clyde NC | 1,355 | $56K | 8.2% | 0.4% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Windham, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Windham and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Windham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windham | – | C+ | B+ | 27 min | $76,477 |
| Jewett | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Durham | under 2% | B | B− | 33 min | $81,471 |
| Cairo | under 2% | B | D | 29 min | $79,643 |
| Conesville | under 2% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Ashland | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jewett: not graded. Conesville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Ashland: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Windham’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 Windham: questions
What is the median household income in Windham?
$76,477 (±$17,040) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Windham?
7.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Windham?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Windham work?
31% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (12%, 115 mi), Hunter (5%, 11 mi), Hudson (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Windham walkable?
Windham is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Windham without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Windham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Windham
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.