Is Winchester a good place to live?
Winchester’s best subject grades are an A for incomes and an A− for schools and civic life; its weakest is a C for walkability. Only 71 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns score lower on hazard risk. 94% of households live in a home they own in Winchester, above both the Wisconsin town median (74%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%). 16% of the land in Winchester is conserved, above both Wisconsin’s towns (3.8%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest park or preserve is Rat River Wildlife Area, at 3,034 acres. Winchester has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
98% of working residents leave Winchester for work
Where Winchester’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Winchester grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Winchester is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Winchester: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Winchester, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Winchester.
Most of Winchester’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Winchester’s mean commuting time stands at 22 minutes. Only 2% of working residents stay in Winchester for work; the rest commute out. It had 206 jobs in 2023, up 82 from 2013. Among residents locally, 3.2% live below the poverty line.
| Winchester | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.2% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $93,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On CDC estimates, Winchester is healthier than 68% of U.S. towns
Winchester: 15% of adults say their health is fair or poor. CDC measures, 32 in all: Winchester beats Wisconsin on 10 and trails on 1. In Winchester, 27% of adults feel lonely, and 31% sleep under 7 hours.
| Winchester | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 20% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 30% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| What stands out | Winchester | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.8% | 12.1% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.7% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Young adults are less common in Winchester than in Wisconsin
Among adults 25 and older, 30% have a four-year degree or more, against 33% across Wisconsin. Adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 47% of residents (38% statewide). Also worth knowing: the midpoint age for Winchester comes to 48.3 years.
| Winchester | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48.3 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 20% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.3 points. Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Winchester | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.4% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.7% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.5% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.5% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.1% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 22.4% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.4% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.6% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.2% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35.1% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.8% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.8% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.8% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.2% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
Conservation land takes up 15.7% of Winchester
Winchester’s density of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile. In 3 parks and preserves, walkers have 3.1 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rat River Wildlife Area | — | 3,034 |
| 2. Winchester Meadow State Natural Area | — | 428 |
| 3. Sauby Road Managed Land | 0.1 mi | 70 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Winchester: snowy winters and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 82°; in January, nights fall to 9°, and about 46 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Winchester is inland flooding, at a high overall level
14 flood insurance claims have been paid in Winchester since 1979. On expected storm and flood damage, Winchester sits above 62% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts just over two thirds of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 12% to cold waves.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in Winchester sell for about $366K
The typical rent in Winchester is $1,063 a month.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Lambeau Field and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Winchester. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaLambeau Field
19 mi LakeLake Winnebago
38 mi Stadium & arenaResch Center
38 mi MuseumNational Railroad Museum
16 mi MuseumEAA Aviation Museum
15 mi MuseumThe History Museum at the CastlePhoto credits
Lambeau Field: JL1Row, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Winnebago: self, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Resch Center: User Royalbroil on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 · National Railroad Museum: Dual Freq, CC BY 3.0 · EAA Aviation Museum: self, CC BY-SA 2.5 · The History Museum at the Castle: Sirala at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Everything we know about Winchester
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Winchester
About 2 of every 100 Winchester residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
About Winchester
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Winchester is a town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,794 at the 2020 census. The census-designated place of Winchester and unincorporated communities of Clarks Point, Indian Shores, Lasleys Point and Piacenza are located in the town.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 761 ft
- Area code
- 920
Winchester’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Winchester.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester | — | — | B− | — | A− | B+ |
| Wolf River | — | — | C+ | — | A | B |
| Clayton | #140 | A− | C | — | A− | B+ |
| Winneconne | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dale | #169 | B+ | C+ | — | B+ | B+ |
| Caledonia | — | — | C+ | — | B | B− |
| Vinland | — | — | B+ | — | A− | B+ |
Winchester, Wolf River, Caledonia and Vinland have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Winchester, Wolf River, Clayton, Dale, Caledonia and Vinland report no FBI crime data of their own. Winneconne isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Winchester with a neighbor →
Questions about Winchester
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Winchester, WI expensive?
The typical home is worth about $295,000, 13% below the Wisconsin typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.