Where Winona earns its living
Commuters spend 29 minutes getting to work on average; the Texas average is 27, the U.S. 26. 1% of workers work from home (Texas 14%). Only 3% work in Winona; the top destination outside it is Tyler (36%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Winona in brief
36% of Winona works in Tyler
91 working residents, 36%, have their main job in Tyler, 14 miles away. That’s 12 times as many as work in Winona itself. The commute map ↓
Few Winona workers work from home
Only 1% 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; with 252 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Winona ends
Where Winona clocks in
36% 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.
The trip to work from Winona: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winona workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 523 commuters (the 1% 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.
Winona on a workday afternoon
On a workday 244 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Winona on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
Winona works in goods: 77% of its jobs
146 jobs are based in Winona.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winona, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 146. 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 Winona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Winona
About 23% 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.
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 Winona: questions
What is the median household income in Winona?
$56,417 (±$27,381) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winona?
13.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winona?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winona work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tyler (36%, 14 mi), Dallas (3%, 95 mi), Longview (3%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Winona without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winona
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.