Every workday, about 4,800 people come to South Wilton for work
Most working residents leave South Wilton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (16%), Stamford (13%) and Wilton (12%). Half commute less than 14 miles.
What kind of work town is South Wilton?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
South Wilton’s population more than triples on a workday
On a workday 567 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 4,826 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,700 people are in South Wilton on a workday afternoon, 295% more than live here.
8.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Connecticut
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of South Wilton workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
South Wilton makes things: 40% of its jobs are in goods
4,856 jobs are based in South Wilton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Wilton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in South Wilton, 2013 → 2023: 4,159 → 4,856. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
22% of South Wilton works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Wilton (12%). Darker towns draw more of South Wilton’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Where South Wilton’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where South Wilton clocks in
16% of workers
13% of workers
12% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of South Wilton commutes less than 14 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of South Wilton
Commuter talk
Getting to work from South Wilton, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.