Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of West Windsor works elsewhere
124 jobs are based in West Windsor, against 515 working residents. For jobs and income West Windsor is better than 69% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (B−). Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in West Windsor: the figures worth knowing
A lot of West Windsor workers cross into New Hampshire
34% of West Windsor workers work outside Vermont, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Lebanon (11%), Hanover (4%) and Claremont (3%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
West Windsor is a place people come home to
There are 124 jobs based in West Windsor, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday West Windsor has about 960 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 515 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where West Windsor’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds West Windsor’s grade up (3.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.4%) is left out: West Windsor’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, West Windsor could be anywhere from B− to A−.
11% of working residents work in Lebanon
Where West Windsor clocks in
11% 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.
West Windsor quiets down on a workday
On a workday 489 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in West Windsor 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.
68% of the jobs in West Windsor pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Windsor, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 124. 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 West Windsor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From West Windsor, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West Windsor workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 483 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Vermont: 82% 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.
Miles to work from West Windsor
About 17% 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.
For most of West Windsor, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.2% across Vermont, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 576 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). 1.0% of West Windsor households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of West Windsor’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, West Windsor comes 996th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 531 | South Hero VT | 1,726 | $127K | 3.5% | 5.9% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 603 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 779 | Cornwall VT | 1,290 | $115K | 0.8% | 7.4% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 994 | Kentucky Township KS | 1,546 | $87K | 6.3% | 2.7% | 7% | B+ |
| 995 | Lake View Township MN | 1,794 | $87K | 4.9% | 2.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 996 | West Windsor VT | 1,355 | $109K | 3.7% | 3.4% | 5% | B+ |
| 997 | Preemption Township IL | 1,637 | $86K | 5.6% | 0.7% | 1% | B+ |
| 998 | Conway MA | 1,750 | $97K | 4.4% | 2.4% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 West Windsor, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
West Windsor and its neighbors: 16% work next door
The biggest share goes to Windsor (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | West Windsor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Windsor | – | B+ | B− | 28 min | $108,750 |
| Reading | 5% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Windsor | 11% | C | C+ | 23 min | $52,484 |
| Weathersfield | under 3% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $83,095 |
| Hartland | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 23 min | $86,136 |
Same-state neighbors only. Reading: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of West Windsor’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 West Windsor: questions
What is the median household income in West Windsor?
$108,750 (±$18,461) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in West Windsor?
3.7%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from West Windsor?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West Windsor work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lebanon (11%, 17 mi), Windsor (11%, 4 mi), Woodstock (9%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is West Windsor walkable?
West Windsor is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around West Windsor without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from West Windsor, from the people who make the trip.
More of West 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.