San Antonio draws more than half of Windcrest’s working residents
Commuters spend 20 minutes getting to work on average, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26. For jobs and income Windcrest is better than 70% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (B+). Measured by household income, Windcrest is ahead of 68% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Windcrest apart on work
More than half of Windcrest works in San Antonio
1,365 working residents, 60%, have their main job in San Antonio, 9.3 miles away across the town line. That’s 30 times as many as work in Windcrest itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Windcrest are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Windcrest
57% of Windcrest residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 38% of the jobs based in Windcrest pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Windcrest
Job access by car holds Windcrest’s grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Windcrest could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Where people from Windcrest work
Where Windcrest clocks in
60% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
About 20 minutes each way for Windcrest’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Windcrest workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,218 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Inside Windcrest’s 3,038 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Windcrest, 2013 → 2023: 2,514 → 3,038. 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 Windcrest’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Windcrest
On a workday 2,231 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 3,002 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,600 people are in Windcrest on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 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.
Miles to work from Windcrest
About 20% 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.
Driving is how Windcrest gets around
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,454 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 14.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 96% 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). 6.3% of Windcrest households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Windcrest’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,375 U.S. towns of 4,100 to 7,800, Windcrest comes 1,143rd 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Garden Ridge TX | 4,371 | $177K | 0.4% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,141 | Cortland OH | 7,024 | $72K | 9.8% | 1.0% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,142 | St. Clair Township MI | 7,159 | $93K | 5.3% | 4.3% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,143 | Windcrest TX | 5,809 | $90K | 10.4% | 4.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,144 | Randolph Township IL | 4,342 | $110K | 6.9% | 4.5% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,145 | Ewa Villages HI | 7,415 | $89K | 15.3% | 2.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,375 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Windcrest, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Work next door: 60% of Windcrest’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Windcrest workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windcrest | – | B+ | B+ | 20 min | $89,844 |
| San Antonio | 60% | C+ | A | 25 min | $65,056 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to San Antonio. Darker towns draw more of Windcrest’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 Windcrest: questions
What is the median household income in Windcrest?
$89,844 (±$21,241) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Windcrest?
10.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Windcrest?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Windcrest work?
2% work in town.
Is Windcrest walkable?
Windcrest is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 12.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Windcrest without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Windcrest, from the people who make the trip.
More of Windcrest
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.