Bonfoy-Barstow House · Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Winfield are lower than in 63% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Winfield; the top destination outside it is Utica (10%, 14 miles). The poverty rate is 15.2%, next to 14.0% for New York as a whole. For jobs and income Winfield is better than 26% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The figures behind Winfield’s Jobs & income grade
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Winfield’s grade.
Unemployment (7.7%) is left out: Winfield’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Winfield could be anywhere from D to B−.
In and out of Winfield on a workday
On a workday 711 residents head out to work, 72 work right here, and 498 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Winfield on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.73 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.
The towns that employ Winfield’s residents
Where Winfield clocks in
10% of workers
8% 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.
What work there is in Winfield: 570 jobs
570 jobs are based in Winfield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winfield, 2013 → 2023: 505 → 570. 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.
The daily trip from Winfield: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winfield workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 702 commuters (the 9% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Winfield
About 23% 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.
Getting around Winfield: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 773 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). 7.0% of Winfield households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Winfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500, Winfield ranks 3,659th of 5,656 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,657 | Fairview Township KS | 1,660 | $62K | 13.1% | 0.0% | 1% | C |
| 3,658 | Crown Point NY | 1,945 | $83K | 6.9% | 10.7% | 10% | C |
| 3,659 | Winfield NY | 1,861 | $67K | 15.2% | 7.7% | 9% | C |
| 3,660 | Oliver Township PA | 2,044 | $63K | 8.3% | 3.0% | 6% | C |
| 3,661 | Knightstown IN | 2,165 | $50K | 22.0% | 4.3% | 10% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | 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 New York.
Next door to Winfield
The biggest share goes to Litchfield (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield | – | C | C+ | 36 min | $66,917 |
| Richfield | 2% | C− | B− | 31 min | $59,833 |
| Plainfield | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Litchfield | 3% | B+ | D− | 24 min | $87,750 |
| Bridgewater | under 3% | D | D | 23 min | $44,850 |
| Columbia | under 3% | B− | C | 34 min | $90,795 |
Same-state neighbors only. Plainfield: 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?
$66,917 (±$10,352) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winfield?
15.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winfield?
36 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winfield work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Utica (10%, 14 mi), New Hartford (8%, 13 mi), Herkimer (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Winfield walkable?
Winfield is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 3% 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.