Work & commute · Windsor Heights

Work & commute in Windsor Heights, IA

Most working residents leave Windsor Heights for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Des Moines (34%), West Des Moines (18%) and Urbandale (8%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

67 of 2,421 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,354 Windsor Heights residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 2,853 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Windsor Heights.

2,354live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

2,853work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Windsor Heights goes to work

Des Moines5.7 mi away

34%815

West Des Moines5.2 mi away

18%437

Urbandale4.1 mi away

8%187

Ankeny10.5 mi away

5%110

Clive4.6 mi away

4%93

Windsor Heights (in town)right here

3%67

Johnston6.1 mi away

3%67

Ames29.5 mi away

2%57

Grimes6.8 mi away

2%45

Altoona12.4 mi away

2%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%498

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

How far

How far Windsor Heights commutes

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

79%

11%

79%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Windsor Heights is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Windsor Heights are

2,920 jobs are based in Windsor Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Windsor Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Windsor Heights

2,920 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Windsor Heights residents hold

2,421 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−1%

Jobs based in Windsor Heights, 2013 → 2023: 2,962 → 2,920. 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.