Chestnut Hill · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Windsor Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Windsor Township has 2,123 jobs for 8,600 working residents. For jobs and income Windsor Township is better than 81% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (D). 8% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Windsor Township at work: what stands out
Windsor Township is a place people come home to
There are 2,123 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 12,000 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Windsor Township
68% of Windsor Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 47% of the jobs based in Windsor Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Windsor Township
The poverty rate is its strongest input (5.0%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income 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.
In and out of Windsor Township on a workday
On a workday 8,374 residents head out to work, 226 work right here, and 1,897 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Windsor Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 2024, primary jobs.
What Windsor Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Windsor Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,994 → 2,123. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Windsor Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
9% of working residents work in York
Where Windsor Township clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Windsor Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 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 8,161 commuters (the 8% 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.
The commute from Windsor Township, by distance
About 16% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Windsor Township is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,823 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 4.7% of Windsor Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Windsor Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Windsor Township is 566th among 1,822 U.S. towns of 13,000 to 24,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 10 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
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| 17 | West Whiteland Township PA | 20,826 | $133K | 3.0% | 1.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 564 | Lebanon OH | 22,110 | $84K | 8.7% | 1.7% | 17% | A− |
| 565 | Heber UT | 19,651 | $110K | 5.3% | 2.3% | 21% | A− |
| 566 | Windsor Township PA | 18,134 | $96K | 5.0% | 3.7% | 3% | A− |
| 567 | Highland City FL | 13,276 | $91K | 5.9% | 2.6% | 2% | A− |
| 568 | East Norriton Township PA | 14,249 | $99K | 5.8% | 5.1% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,822 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 is work for 18% of Windsor Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Windsor Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor Township | – | A− | D | 24 min | $95,700 |
| Chanceford Township | under 2% | A− | D | 35 min | $94,424 |
| North Hopewell Township | under 2% | A− | D | 33 min | $109,342 |
| Lower Windsor Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 29 min | $87,090 |
| Red Lion | 3% | B− | A | 25 min | $72,901 |
| York Township | 7% | A− | B | 25 min | $80,190 |
| Springettsbury Township | 8% | A− | A− | 22 min | $86,335 |
| Felton | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Stonybrook | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Felton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Stonybrook: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Springettsbury Township. 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 2024, 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?
$95,700 (±$7,613) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Windsor Township?
5.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Windsor Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Windsor Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are York (9%, 6 mi), Springettsbury Township (8%, 4 mi), York Township (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Windsor Township walkable?
Windsor Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Windsor Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 2024, 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.