Work & commute · Windsor

Work & commute in Windsor, ME

Most working residents leave Windsor for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Augusta (32%), Chelsea (5%) and Bath (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
45 of 1,182 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
36 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,137 Windsor residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 243 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Windsor.

1,137live here, work elsewhere
45live and work here
243work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Windsor goes to work

BathWatervilleSouth PortlandPortlandLewistonBangorAugustaWindsorJeffersonPittstonSomervillePalermoAlbionWhitefieldChinaChelseaAugustaChelseaBathPortlandWatervilleChinaBangorLewistonSouth PortlandWindsor
1
Augusta8.2 mi away
32%379
2
Chelsea8.6 mi away
5%65
3
Bath29.8 mi away
5%54
4
Windsor (in town)right here
4%45
5
Portland56.2 mi away
3%40
6
Waterville16.5 mi away
3%35
7
China7.1 mi away
3%34
8
Bangor52.4 mi away
3%31
9
Lewiston33.6 mi away
2%28
10
South Portland59.1 mi away
2%21
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%450

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.

29%Under 10 mi
37%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
17%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Windsor is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Windsor are

288 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

288 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities27%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Windsor residents hold

1,182 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month63%
+13%

Jobs based in Windsor, 2013 → 2023: 255 → 288. 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.

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