Work & commute · Windsor

Work & commute in Windsor, CO

Most working residents leave Windsor for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Collins (19%), Loveland (11%) and Greeley (10%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,714 of 18,479 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,765 Windsor residents head out of town to work, 1,714 work right here, and 7,846 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Windsor.

16,765live here, work elsewhere

1,714live and work here

7,846work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Windsor goes to work

Fort Collins9.2 mi away

19%3,582

Loveland8.9 mi away

11%1,989

Greeley8.8 mi away

10%1,782

Windsor (in town)right here

9%1,714

Denver49.5 mi away

8%1,546

Aurora54.1 mi away

3%595

Johnstown11.8 mi away

2%376

Longmont23.5 mi away

2%376

Boulder36 mi away

2%367

Westminster42 mi away

1%253

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%5,899

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.

38%

25%

17%

21%

38%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Windsor is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Windsor are

9,560 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

9,560 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Windsor residents hold

18,479 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+56%

Jobs based in Windsor, 2013 → 2023: 6,145 → 9,560. 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.