Work & commute · Windsor

Work & commute in Windsor, CA

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.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,365 of 11,902 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,537 Windsor residents head out of town to work, 1,365 work right here, and 5,714 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Windsor.

10,537live here, work elsewhere

1,365live and work here

5,714work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Windsor goes to work

Santa Rosa8.7 mi away

25%2,922

Windsor (in town)right here

11%1,365

Healdsburg6.3 mi away

5%625

San Francisco57.6 mi away

4%468

Petaluma22.9 mi away

3%363

Rohnert Park14.6 mi away

2%254

Larkfield-Wikiup3.6 mi away

2%212

San Rafael42.1 mi away

1%150

Novato34.6 mi away

1%143

Napa32.3 mi away

1%126

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%5,274

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Windsor commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

51%

17%

11%

22%

51%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Windsor is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Windsor are

7,079 jobs are based in Windsor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Windsor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Windsor

7,079 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Windsor residents hold

11,902 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+28%

Jobs based in Windsor, 2013 → 2023: 5,515 → 7,079. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.