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Jobs & commute in Windsor Township

Fewer people are out of work in Windsor Township (1.4%) than in 91% of U.S. towns

Commuters spend 34 minutes getting to work on average, where Ohio has 23 and the U.S. 26. Windsor Township grades B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 4% stay in Windsor Township for work; outside it, Middlefield Township is the main destination (5%, 7 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

Work in Windsor Township: the figures worth knowing

Windsor Township is a place people come home to

There are 146 jobs based in Windsor Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓

Windsor Township workers spend longer getting to work

The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical 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 706 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

Jobs & income grade

What’s behind Windsor Township’s Jobs & income grade

On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Windsor Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns, #610 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Windsor Township’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (21.1%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.

Household income $84,087 (±$21,905) · OH $71,389 · U.S. $80,734Higher than 61% of U.S. towns
Poverty 21.1% · OH 13.3% · U.S. 12.5%Lower than 13% of U.S. towns
Unemployment 1.4% (±1.9) · OH 4.8% · U.S. 5.2%Lower than 91% of U.S. towns
Job access by car EPA, jobs within a 45-minute driveMore than 36% of U.S. towns
Ohio towns we grade 992 towns#610 of 992
CA

A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Windsor Township could be anywhere from C to A.

How TownRatings grades jobs & income →

★ What stands out · Day and night

Who leaves Windsor Township for work, and who comes in

On a workday 679 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere.

679live here, work elsewhere
27live and work here
119work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night2,700
Workday2,200
2,700live here− 680head out to work+ 120come in to work= 2,200on a workday

About 2,200 people are in Windsor Township on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.21jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.21 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.

Time on the road

The trip to work from Windsor Township: about 34 minutes

A year of commuting
259 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Windsor Township34 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Windsor Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Windsor Township gets to work
21%Drive alone
33%Carpool
8%Walk
38%Other

Share of the 981 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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 commute map

Commuting out of Windsor Township: the destinations

Orwell: 18 residents work here (3%)Middlefield: 36 residents work here (5%)Chardon: 37 residents work here (5%)Mentor: 33 residents work here (5%)Cleveland: 34 residents work here (5%)Middlefield Township: 38 residents work here (5%)Burton TownshipHuntsburg TownshipMontville TownshipWindsor TownshipOrwell Township: 30 residents work here (4%)Hartsgrove TownshipMesopotamia TownshipNewbury Township: 14 residents work here (2%)Parkman TownshipMunson Township: 34 residents work here (5%)Middlefield TownshipChardonMiddlefieldClevelandMunson TownshipMentorWindsor Township
15%38
2
Chardon13.5 mi away
5%37
3
Middlefield8.3 mi away
5%36
4
Cleveland37.8 mi away
5%34
5
Munson Township15.3 mi away
5%34
6
Mentor22.2 mi away
5%33
7
Orwell Township4.9 mi away
4%30
8
Windsor Township (in town)right here
4%27
9
Orwell5 mi away
3%18
10
Newbury Township15.5 mi away
2%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%405
The top trips

Where Windsor Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

A place that makes things: 84% of Windsor Township’s jobs are in goods

146 jobs are based in Windsor Township.

Jobs based in Windsor TownshipJobs Windsor Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms84%36%
Trade, transport & utilities6%17%
Services: health, schools, offices10%47%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less10%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%29%
Over $3,333 a month66%58%

Who does it

29 or younger31%26%
30 to 5450%47%
55 and older19%27%
+106%

Jobs based in Windsor Township, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 146. 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.

How far

How many miles Windsor Township commutes

10 mi25 mi45 miMiddlefield Township: 5% · 6.6 miChardon: 5% · 13.5 miMiddlefield: 5% · 8.3 miCleveland: 5% · 37.8 miMunson Township: 5% · 15.3 miMentor: 5% · 22.2 miOrwell Township: 4% · 4.9 miOrwell: 3% · 5 miNewbury Township: 2% · 15.5 miMiddlefield Township 5%Chardon 5%Middlefield 5%Cleveland 5%Windsor Township
Windsor TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
26%Under 10 mi185 residents
33%10–24 mi233 residents
26%25–50 mi183 residents
15%Over 50 mi105 residents

About 15% 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 · Walkability grade

Most trips from Windsor Township start in a car

On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Windsor Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #502 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.1.

EPA walkability index 3.1 of 20 · typical OH town 5.9 · U.S. 6.9Higher than 2% of U.S. towns
Walk, bike or transit 8.5% of commuters · OH 3.7% · U.S. 7.1%Higher than 88% of U.S. towns
Ohio towns we grade 993 towns#502 of 993
C+C+

A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,057 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). 65.0% of Windsor Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Windsor Township’s commuters take a bus or train.

Towns its size

Windsor Township places 2,293rd of 4,969 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700

#TownPeopleHousehold incomePovertyUnemploymentWork in townGrade
1Kenilworth IL2,437$250K2.1%4.0%2%A+
2Chevy Chase Village MD1,978$250K1.2%2.6%3%A+
3Belle Meade TN2,621$250K1.4%0.3%2%A+
…
31Jersey Township OH2,678$136K2.4%1.2%6%A+
…
36Silver Lake OH2,504$140K2.9%1.4%2%A+
…
42Evendale OH2,657$149K1.5%2.1%6%A+
…
2,291West TX2,629$62K11.9%2.4%18%B−
2,292Clarendon NY3,326$58K10.1%2.8%3%B−
2,293Windsor Township OH2,732$84K21.1%1.4%4%B−
2,294Bloom Township OH2,517$74K12.6%3.2%3%B−
2,295Cudjoe Key FL2,492$88K8.6%2.5%11%B−
…
4,969Cibecue AZ2,228$26K57.2%13.3%12%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 Ohio.

Next door

Windsor Township and its neighbors

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Hartsgrove Township31 min
Windsor Township34 min
Orwell Township37 min
Mesopotamia Township37 min
Huntsburg Township44 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownWindsor Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Windsor Township–B−C+34 min$84,087
Orwell Township4%DC37 min$46,069
Hartsgrove Townshipunder 2%CD−31 min$103,393
Huntsburg Townshipunder 2%B+C+44 min$80,750
Mesopotamia Townshipunder 2%B−B−37 min$66,167

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Orwell Township. Darker towns draw more of Windsor Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Windsor Township: questions

What is the median household income in Windsor Township?

$84,087 (±$21,905) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Windsor Township?

21.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Windsor Township?

34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Windsor Township work?

4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Middlefield Township (5%, 7 mi), Chardon (5%, 14 mi), Middlefield (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Is Windsor Township walkable?

Windsor Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.1 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.

Can you get around Windsor Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 65% 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.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Windsor Township

Windsor Township home →

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.