Work & commute · Wilmington

Work & commute in Wilmington, KS

Most working residents leave Wilmington for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Topeka (32%), Mission Creek (7%) and Manhattan (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 297 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 287 Wilmington residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilmington.

287live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

77work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilmington goes to work

Topeka27.1 mi away

32%95

Mission Creek9.4 mi away

7%20

Manhattan37.8 mi away

5%15

Wichita102.4 mi away

4%11

Emporia28.2 mi away

3%9

Kansas City76.4 mi away

3%9

Eskridge3.8 mi away

3%8

Alma17.6 mi away

3%8

Overland Park76.3 mi away

2%7

Lawrence46.3 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%109

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.

10%

25%

38%

27%

10%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilmington is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilmington are

87 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

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Wilmington residents hold

297 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−64%

Jobs based in Wilmington, 2013 → 2023: 245 → 87. 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.