Winona is a medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 25,842 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Winona is the 40th largest community in Minnesota. Winona has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Winona is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Winona is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Winona who work in office and administrative support (14.59%), sales jobs (9.17%), and food service (7.11%). Also of interest is that Winona has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Winona is also a major college town with a large number of people who are 18 years or older and attending college. As is often the case in college towns, the many students that live in Winona have a strong influence on the local culture and entertainment scene, which may seem dormant by comparison in the summer months when much of the student population is away. In the fall, the return of students has a reinvigorating effect on the community. Because colleges are lasting institutions, they have a stabilizing effect on the economy by providing direct local benefits such as jobs for faculty and staff and spending by students. Winona’s economy is one such example of this. Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.08 minutes getting to work every day.The citizens of Winona are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.12% of adults in Winona have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Winona in 2022 was $30,829, which is lower middle income relative to Minnesota, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,316 for a family of four. However, Winona contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Winona home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Winona residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Winona include German, Norwegian, Irish, Polish, and English. The most common language spoken in Winona is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
