Work & commute · Wilmington

Work & commute in Wilmington, IN

About one in 4 of Wilmington’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Butler (16%), Fort Wayne (14%) and Auburn (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

440 of 1,878 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,438 Wilmington residents head out of town to work, 440 work right here, and 4,335 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilmington.

1,438live here, work elsewhere

440live and work here

4,335work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilmington goes to work

Butler2.7 mi away

16%297

Fort Wayne24.7 mi away

14%269

Auburn8 mi away

8%152

Wilmington (in town)right here

8%143

Angola17.9 mi away

5%98

Elkhart58.2 mi away

4%72

Kendallville18.4 mi away

3%62

Waterloo7.9 mi away

3%51

Garrett11.6 mi away

2%42

Spencer7.8 mi away

2%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%653

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.

36%

11%

18%

36%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilmington is a job hub

2.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilmington are

4,775 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

4,775 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)69%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Wilmington residents hold

1,878 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+28%

Jobs based in Wilmington, 2013 → 2023: 3,719 → 4,775. 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.