Work & commute · Wilton

Work & commute in Wilton, CT

Most working residents leave Wilton for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are New York (18%), Stamford (13%) and Norwalk (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

949 of 7,548 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,599 Wilton residents head out of town to work, 949 work right here, and 10,655 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilton.

6,599live here, work elsewhere

949live and work here

10,655work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilton goes to work

New York, NY45.9 mi away

18%1,332

Stamford10.6 mi away

13%967

Wilton (in town)right here

13%949

Norwalk8.3 mi away

8%639

Greenwich15.2 mi away

5%369

Westport8.1 mi away

3%214

Danbury13.1 mi away

2%177

Fairfield9.2 mi away

2%176

Ridgefield7.9 mi away

2%175

New Canaan4.6 mi away

2%175

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%2,375

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Wilton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

34%

32%

26%

34%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilton is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilton are

11,604 jobs are based in Wilton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wilton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wilton

11,604 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Wilton residents hold

7,548 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month78%

−1%

Jobs based in Wilton, 2013 → 2023: 11,779 → 11,604. 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.