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. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Winder, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Winder, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Winder’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Winder does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $57,365.00.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, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Winder who work in office and administrative support (11.79%), sales jobs (10.43%), and management occupations (6.71%). 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 is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Winder, the average commute to work is 32.65 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small city, Winder does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Winder citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.50% of adults 25 and older in Winder have a college degree. The per capita income in Winder in 2022 was $28,458, 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 $113,832 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 15.33% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Winder include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and Ukrainian. The most common language spoken in Winder is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
