A town of 26,081, settled in 1992. Nearly 7.4% of it is conserved land.
The 3 things Windsor does most differently from other towns.
Where Windsor’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
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Ordered by what stands out in Windsor. Another town gets a different order.
Most working residents leave Windsor for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Santa Rosa (25%), Healdsburg (5%) and San Francisco (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.
17 miles of trails across 14 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Foothill Regional Park | 6.6 mi | 207 |
| 2. Hiram Lewis Park | 1.1 mi | 15 |
| 3. Keiser Community Park | 0.4 mi | 27 |
The typical Windsor home is worth about $793,000, up 0.6% in a year, close to the California typical home.
Windsor beats the California average on 12 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| What stands out | Windsor | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.6% | 17.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11.4% | 14.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.4% | 6.4% |
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 94% of U.S. communities.
The public schools Windsor’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 63% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cali Calmecac Language Academy | K–8 | 1,075 | Not graded |
| Mattie Washburn Elementary | K–2 | 535 | Not graded |
| Brooks Elementary | 3–5 | 493 | Not graded |
| Windsor Middle | 6–8 | 736 | Not graded |
| Windsor High | 9–12 | 1,700 | Not graded |
| Sonoma County Virtual Academy | 6–12 | 63 | Not graded |
Windsor has mild winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 85°, a January night drops to 38°, and snow is almost unheard of.
Windsor reports less crime per resident than 63% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
9 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 2 places on the National Register.
2 places in Windsor on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in California, United States
Windsor is an incorporated town in Sonoma County, California, United States. The town is nine miles (14 km) north of Santa Rosa and 63 miles north of San Francisco. The population was 26,344 as of the 2020 census.
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