Unemployment in Winnie (12.8%) is higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
Only 6% stay in Winnie for work; outside it, Houston is the main destination (14%, 60 miles). For jobs and income Winnie is better than 47% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (A−). 2% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Winnie apart on work
Winnie’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Winnie is Houston, 61 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (189) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
39% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Winnie workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
How Winnie earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Winnie’s grade up (4.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Winnie could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Miles to work from Winnie
About 39% 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.
How long Winnie spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winnie workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,091 commuters (the 2% 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.
Winnie quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,242 residents head out to work, 85 work right here, and 711 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Winnie on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Winnie’s working residents head each day
Where Winnie clocks in
14% of workers
11% 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.
What work there is in Winnie: 796 jobs
796 jobs are based in Winnie.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winnie, 2013 → 2023: 611 → 796. 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 Winnie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Winnie is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 23.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 7.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,109 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). 2.3% of Winnie households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Winnie’s commuters take a bus or train.
Winnie next to U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400: 2,351st of 4,453 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,349 | Lake Township MI | 2,851 | $73K | 6.3% | 3.6% | 5% | B− |
| 2,350 | Arnold CA | 2,482 | $92K | 4.2% | 5.4% | 7% | B− |
| 2,351 | Winnie TX | 3,290 | $81K | 4.4% | 12.8% | 6% | B− |
| 2,352 | Carthage NC | 3,070 | $83K | 14.2% | 2.7% | 8% | B− |
| 2,353 | Yellowhead Township IL | 2,549 | $95K | 9.5% | 9.4% | 7% | 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 Winnie, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Around Winnie: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Stowell. Darker towns draw more of Winnie’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 Winnie: questions
What is the median household income in Winnie?
$80,913 (±$16,381) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winnie?
4.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winnie?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winnie work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (14%, 60 mi), Beaumont (11%, 23 mi), Stowell (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Winnie walkable?
Winnie is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 24% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Winnie without a car?
0% 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 Winnie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winnie
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.