Henry Saunders House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWindsor’s household incomes are lower than in 60% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers (Virginia 18%). 11.7% of residents live below the poverty line, against 9.9% across Virginia. Jobs and income earn Windsor B−; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Windsor: the gist
Windsor is where the jobs are
Windsor has 1,643 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Windsor and Suffolk trade workers both ways
Suffolk is the top workplace for Windsor residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Windsor come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Windsor workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 27 across Virginia. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Windsor’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Windsor is better than 51% of U.S. towns, #179 of 253 in Virginia. Job access by car holds Windsor’s grade up (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($68,661, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Windsor could be anywhere from C to A−.
How many people are in Windsor by day
On a workday 977 residents head out to work, 75 work right here, and 1,568 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Windsor on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Who travels to work in Windsor, and from where
Where Windsor clocks in
15% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
How long Windsor spends getting to work: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Windsor workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,141 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Windsor
1,643 jobs are based in Windsor.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Windsor, 2013 → 2023: 1,285 → 1,643. 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 Windsor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Windsor’s commute, mile by mile
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 Windsor, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Windsor is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #209 of 253 in Virginia. Both inputs place Windsor near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,199 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). 2.4% of Windsor households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Windsor’s commuters take a bus or train.
Windsor next to U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000: 2,145th of 4,618 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Sully Square VA | 2,394 | $176K | 0.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | One Loudoun VA | 3,309 | $241K | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Oak Grove VA | 2,408 | $174K | 0.6% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,143 | Albany MN | 2,873 | $69K | 10.8% | 2.9% | 19% | B− |
| 2,144 | Tullytown PA | 2,228 | $65K | 13.6% | 4.7% | 4% | B− |
| 2,145 | Windsor VA | 2,947 | $69K | 11.7% | 3.6% | 7% | B− |
| 2,146 | Boothbay ME | 3,155 | $60K | 6.8% | 0.8% | 26% | B− |
| 2,147 | Filer Township MI | 2,289 | $75K | 3.8% | 3.8% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
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 Windsor: questions
What is the median household income in Windsor?
$68,661 (±$4,429) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Windsor?
11.7%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Windsor?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Windsor work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Suffolk (15%, 10 mi), Chesapeake (11%, 26 mi), Virginia Beach (9%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Windsor walkable?
Windsor is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Windsor without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Windsor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Windsor
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.