Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Winfield Township works elsewhere
Only 5% work in Winfield Township itself; outside it, Jefferson Township draws the most (11%, 5 miles). 542 jobs are based in Winfield Township for 1,510 working residents. Winfield Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Winfield Township, in a few figures
Inside Winfield Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Winfield Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns, #490 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Winfield Township’s grade up (4.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Winfield Township could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
In Winfield Township, 35% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 690 → 542. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Winfield Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,436 residents head out to work, 74 work right here, and 468 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Winfield Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Commuting out of Winfield Township: the destinations
Where Winfield Township clocks in
11% of workers
10% of workers
5% 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.
Winfield Township’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winfield Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,358 commuters (the 14% 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.
Miles to work from Winfield Township
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 Winfield Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Winfield Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns, #730 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,578 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). 13.2% of Winfield Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Winfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Winfield Township is 1,365th among 4,453 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Trappe PA | 4,061 | $127K | 4.5% | 1.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,363 | Highland Falls NY | 3,631 | $111K | 7.2% | 6.6% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,364 | Woolwich ME | 3,287 | $102K | 13.3% | 1.8% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,365 | Winfield Township PA | 3,287 | $91K | 4.1% | 5.7% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,366 | Santa Venetia CA | 3,725 | $127K | 7.8% | 7.5% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,367 | Nevada City CA | 3,174 | $76K | 8.9% | 0.0% | 16% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | 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 Winfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work next door: 16% of Winfield Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield Township | – | B+ | C+ | 26 min | $91,488 |
| Jefferson Township | 11% | B | C+ | 31 min | $90,354 |
| Buffalo Township | 5% | A | C | 27 min | $99,635 |
| Clearfield Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 25 min | $88,095 |
| South Buffalo Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 32 min | $93,241 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Jefferson Township. Darker towns draw more of Winfield 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 Winfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Winfield Township?
$91,488 (±$24,114) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winfield Township?
4.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winfield Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winfield Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jefferson Township (11%, 5 mi), Pittsburgh (10%, 26 mi), Buffalo Township (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Winfield Township walkable?
Winfield Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Winfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winfield 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.