Photo: Visitor7 · CC BY-SA 3.0Winston has lower household incomes than 79% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 19.6 in Portland. 23.6% of residents are in poverty, next to 11.9% for Oregon as a whole. For jobs and income Winston is better than 20% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (A−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Winston apart
Winston trades workers with the towns around it
Winston has about as many jobs (1,684) as working residents (1,948), but they are mostly different people: 1,769 residents leave for work each day while 1,505 people come in. Only 11% of the jobs in Winston are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Winston and Roseburg trade workers both ways
Roseburg is the top workplace for Winston residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Winston come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Winston makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Winston are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Winston residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Winston pay better than its residents’ jobs
66% of the jobs based in Winston pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 51% of the jobs Winston residents hold. 89% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Winston. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Winston than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Winston fell from 2,363 in 2013 to 1,684 in 2023, −29%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Winston’s grade explained
Unemployment holds Winston’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Winston could be anywhere from D to B−.
Winston on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,769 residents head out to work, 179 work right here, and 1,505 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 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.
34% of working residents work in Roseburg
Where Winston clocks in
34% 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.
Goods, not services: 40% of the jobs in Winston
1,684 jobs are based in Winston.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winston, 2013 → 2023: 2,363 → 1,684. 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 Winston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Winston: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winston workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,859 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Oregon: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Winston
About 29% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Winston
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.4% across Oregon.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,243 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 62% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 46% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.1% of Winston households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Winston’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,700, Winston ranks 2,888th of 3,476 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 323 | Beavercreek OR | 4,894 | $135K | 4.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 392 | Creswell OR | 5,566 | $100K | 4.3% | 0.8% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 650 | Garden Home-Whitford OR | 6,979 | $98K | 5.9% | 4.0% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,886 | Cranberry Township PA | 6,241 | $61K | 12.8% | 5.7% | 20% | C− |
| 2,887 | Lebanon KY | 6,699 | $45K | 25.6% | 3.7% | 44% | C− |
| 2,888 | Winston OR | 5,680 | $57K | 23.6% | 4.0% | 9% | C− |
| 2,889 | Anthony TX | 4,539 | $55K | 19.7% | 8.1% | 5% | C− |
| 2,890 | Mount Pleasant UT | 4,018 | $69K | 19.7% | 4.0% | 22% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,476 | 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 Winston, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
The towns around Winston
The biggest share goes to Dillard (1%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winston workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winston | – | C− | A− | 19 min | $56,667 |
| Dillard | 1% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dillard: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Winston’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 Winston: questions
What is the median household income in Winston?
$56,667 (±$15,646) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winston?
23.6%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winston?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winston work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roseburg (34%, 8 mi), Eugene (5%, 66 mi), Medford (4%, 62 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Winston walkable?
Winston is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Winston without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 46% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winston, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winston
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.