Photo: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0Unemployment in Windsor (1.4%) is lower than in 91% of U.S. towns
Only 3% work in Windsor itself; outside it, Madison draws the most (46%, 13 miles). For jobs and income Windsor is better than 96% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (C+). Household incomes here are higher than in 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Windsor, in brief
Windsor has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Windsor went from 1,125 in 2013 to 2,167 in 2023, +93%. The jobs ↓
Nearly half of Windsor works in Madison
2,151 working residents, 46%, have their main job in Madison, 13 miles away. That’s 15 times as many as work in Windsor itself. The commute map ↓
Windsor makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Windsor are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Windsor residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Windsor’s Jobs & income grade
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Windsor’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Windsor could be anywhere from A to A+.
Factories, building and farms: 48% of the jobs in Windsor
2,167 jobs are based in Windsor.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Windsor, 2013 → 2023: 1,125 → 2,167. 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.
Out of Windsor to work: where people go
Where Windsor clocks in
46% 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 many people are in Windsor by day
On a workday 4,530 residents head out to work, 163 work right here, and 2,004 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,600 people are in Windsor on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.46 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.
Commuting from Windsor: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Windsor workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,431 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
Where in the region Windsor works
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, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,456 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). 1.1% of Windsor households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Windsor’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Windsor ranks: 166th of 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 30 | Waukesha WI | 8,507 | $131K | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
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| 48 | Genesee WI | 7,235 | $119K | 3.3% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Greenville WI | 13,388 | $118K | 1.7% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 164 | Westwood NJ | 11,365 | $166K | 7.1% | 2.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 165 | Brandon SD | 11,306 | $111K | 1.4% | 1.2% | 17% | A+ |
| 166 | Windsor WI | 10,085 | $120K | 4.5% | 1.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 167 | East Hanover Township NJ | 11,457 | $150K | 2.3% | 4.1% | 11% | A+ |
| 168 | Bull Mountain OR | 9,865 | $165K | 4.7% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Wisconsin.
12% of Windsor works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to DeForest (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Windsor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor | – | A+ | C+ | 21 min | $120,048 |
| DeForest | 7% | A | B | 26 min | $106,419 |
| Sun Prairie | 5% | A | A− | 22 min | $90,942 |
| Bristol | under 2% | A+ | B | 22 min | $141,010 |
| Leeds | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Burke | under 2% | B+ | A | 19 min | $104,025 |
Same-state neighbors only. Leeds: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of 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 Windsor: questions
What is the median household income in Windsor?
$120,048 (±$13,730) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Windsor?
4.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Windsor?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Windsor work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (46%, 13 mi), DeForest (7%, 3 mi), Sun Prairie (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Windsor walkable?
Windsor is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around 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 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.