Work & commute · Windsor

Work & commute in Windsor, WI

Most working residents leave Windsor for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (46%), DeForest (7%) and Sun Prairie (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

163 of 4,693 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,530 Windsor residents head out of town to work, 163 work right here, and 2,004 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Windsor.

4,530live here, work elsewhere

163live and work here

2,004work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Windsor goes to work

Madison13.2 mi away

46%2,151

DeForest3.4 mi away

7%348

Sun Prairie4.9 mi away

5%257

Windsor (in town)right here

3%163

Middleton14.8 mi away

3%159

Waunakee9.2 mi away

3%130

Fitchburg19.4 mi away

2%116

Milwaukee67.5 mi away

2%74

Monona13.5 mi away

1%56

Shorewood Hills14.2 mi away

1%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%1,184

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.

40%

43%

12%

40%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Windsor is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Windsor are

2,167 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

2,167 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Windsor residents hold

4,693 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+93%

Jobs based in Windsor, 2013 → 2023: 1,125 → 2,167. 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.