Work & commute · Wilmington

Work & commute in Wilmington, IL

Most working residents leave Wilmington for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Joliet (11%), Chicago (10%) and Channahon (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

293 of 2,858 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,565 Wilmington residents head out of town to work, 293 work right here, and 3,264 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilmington.

2,565live here, work elsewhere

293live and work here

3,264work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilmington goes to work

Joliet13.7 mi away

11%304

Wilmington (in town)right here

10%293

Chicago43.4 mi away

10%279

Channahon8.9 mi away

4%109

New Lenox16.4 mi away

2%59

Kankakee21.5 mi away

2%56

Coal City6.7 mi away

2%45

Morris14.3 mi away

2%45

Romeoville21.5 mi away

2%43

Naperville29.7 mi away

2%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,582

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

How far

How far Wilmington commutes

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

19%

35%

11%

19%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilmington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilmington are

3,557 jobs are based in Wilmington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wilmington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wilmington

3,557 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Wilmington residents hold

2,858 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+139%

Jobs based in Wilmington, 2013 → 2023: 1,487 → 3,557. 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.