Windsor Heights has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
1% of workers work from home, against 9% across West Virginia. There are 3 jobs in Windsor Heights; 137 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Windsor Heights; the top destination outside it is Wheeling (16%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Windsor Heights by day
On a workday 137 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Windsor Heights on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
Where Windsor Heights goes to work
Where Windsor Heights clocks in
16% 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.
67% of the jobs in Windsor Heights pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Windsor Heights, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 3. 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 Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Windsor Heights: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Windsor Heights workers work from home, vs 9% across West Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 136 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across West Virginia: 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Windsor Heights
About 19% 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 Windsor Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Windsor Heights?
$42,270 (±$24,975) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $59,608 across West Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Windsor Heights?
27.7%, against 16.7% across West Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Windsor Heights?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across West Virginia and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Windsor Heights work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wheeling (16%, 8 mi), Weirton (9%, 16 mi), Beech Bottom (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Windsor Heights without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Windsor Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Windsor Heights
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.