Winder is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 19,669 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Winder is the 56th largest community in Georgia. Much of the housing stock in Winder was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Winder economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Winder, where the median household income is $59,944.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Winder is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Winder is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Winder who work in management occupations (11.06%), sales jobs (10.80%), and office and administrative support (8.42%). Also of interest is that Winder has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One downside of living in Winder, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.97 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small city, Winder does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Winder is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.84% of adults 25 and older in Winder have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Winder in 2022 was $30,341, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,364 for a family of four. However, Winder contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Winder is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Winder home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Winder residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Winder also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.21% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Winder include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Winder is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
