Work & commute · Windsor

Work & commute in Windsor, NC

Most working residents leave Windsor for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (8%), Ahoskie (5%) and Raleigh (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

138 of 1,147 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,009 Windsor residents head out of town to work, 138 work right here, and 1,164 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Windsor.

1,009live here, work elsewhere

138live and work here

1,164work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Windsor goes to work

Windsor (in town)right here

12%138

Greenville36.7 mi away

8%93

Ahoskie20.3 mi away

5%58

Raleigh95.8 mi away

4%47

Williamston12.3 mi away

3%40

Edenton19.6 mi away

3%35

Rocky Mount48.6 mi away

2%25

New Bern62.6 mi away

2%20

Washington30.2 mi away

1%16

Elizabeth City44.3 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%662

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.

21%

27%

22%

30%

21%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Windsor is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Windsor are

1,302 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

1,302 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Windsor residents hold

1,147 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+8%

Jobs based in Windsor, 2013 → 2023: 1,204 → 1,302. 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.