Work & commute · Wilton

Work & commute in Wilton, IL

Most working residents leave Wilton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (9%), Wilmington (8%) and Joliet (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 468 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 465 Wilton residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilton.

465live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

115work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilton goes to work

Chicago37.3 mi away

9%42

Wilmington10.5 mi away

8%38

Joliet15.8 mi away

8%37

New Lenox11.9 mi away

5%24

Naperville30.3 mi away

3%16

Channahon16.8 mi away

3%13

Aurora34.1 mi away

3%13

Tinley Park17.9 mi away

3%12

Kankakee17 mi away

2%9

Manhattan5.8 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%256

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.

11%

43%

38%

11%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilton is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.25 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilton are

118 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

118 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Wilton residents hold

468 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+141%

Jobs based in Wilton, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 118. 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.