Photo: Nicholas from Pennsylvania, USA · CC BY 2.0Most of Windsor Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns. 375 jobs are based in Windsor Township for 1,256 working residents. The two grades for Windsor Township are A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Windsor Township, in a few figures
Windsor Township makes and builds things
67% of the jobs based in Windsor Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Windsor Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Windsor Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Windsor Township fell from 606 in 2013 to 375 in 2023, −38%. 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 ↓
Windsor Township is a place people come home to
There are 375 jobs based in Windsor Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Windsor Township has about 1,700 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Windsor Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (22 to 28 minutes). 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.
What’s behind Windsor Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Windsor Township is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #310 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Windsor Township’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Windsor Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Making and building: 67% of jobs based in Windsor Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Windsor Township, 2013 → 2023: 606 → 375. 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.
Who leaves Windsor Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,204 residents head out to work, 52 work right here, and 323 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Windsor Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Getting to work from Windsor Township takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Windsor Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,342 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
5% of working residents work in Allentown
Where Windsor Township clocks in
5% 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.
How many miles Windsor Township commutes
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 Windsor Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Windsor Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #630 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,511 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). 2.1% of Windsor Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Windsor Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Windsor Township places 794th of 5,083 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 28 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
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| 62 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 76 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
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| 792 | Liberty Township NJ | 2,701 | $120K | 9.9% | 1.0% | 1% | A− |
| 793 | Harmony Township OH | 2,658 | $118K | 8.3% | 1.2% | 1% | A− |
| 794 | Windsor Township PA | 2,585 | $99K | 7.3% | 2.8% | 4% | A− |
| 795 | Cheney KS | 2,178 | $85K | 6.9% | 0.6% | 16% | A− |
| 796 | Ravenna Township MN | 2,282 | $131K | 1.6% | 5.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Pennsylvania.
Next door to Windsor Township
The biggest share goes to Hamburg (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Windsor Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor Township | – | A− | B− | 31 min | $99,023 |
| Greenwich Township | under 2% | A | B− | 23 min | $103,393 |
| Hamburg | 4% | B+ | B | 27 min | $55,446 |
| Tilden Township | 2% | B+ | B− | 28 min | $80,168 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 22 min | $94,531 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Windsor Township’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 Windsor Township: questions
What is the median household income in Windsor Township?
$99,023 (±$8,537) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Windsor Township?
7.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Windsor Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Windsor Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Allentown (5%, 25 mi), Maxatawny Township (5%, 12 mi), Hamburg (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Windsor Township walkable?
Windsor Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Windsor Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% 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.
More of Windsor Township
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.