Work & commute · Wilmington

Work & commute in Wilmington, MA

Most working residents leave Wilmington for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (18%), Woburn (6%) and Cambridge (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,352 of 12,564 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,212 Wilmington residents head out of town to work, 1,352 work right here, and 20,420 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilmington.

11,212live here, work elsewhere

1,352live and work here

20,420work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilmington goes to work

Boston17.8 mi away

18%2,307

Wilmington (in town)right here

11%1,352

Woburn5.3 mi away

6%738

Cambridge13.2 mi away

5%647

Burlington4.6 mi away

4%542

Billerica4.9 mi away

3%367

Waltham12.8 mi away

3%350

Andover5.8 mi away

3%335

Lowell9.5 mi away

2%234

Tewksbury4.6 mi away

2%219

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%5,473

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.

43%

48%

43%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilmington is a job hub

1.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilmington are

21,772 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

21,772 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Wilmington residents hold

12,564 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+20%

Jobs based in Wilmington, 2013 → 2023: 18,145 → 21,772. 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.