Work & commute · Wilton

Work & commute in Wilton, ME

Most working residents leave Wilton for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (17%), Portland (7%) and Augusta (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

146 of 1,501 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,355 Wilton residents head out of town to work, 146 work right here, and 914 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilton.

1,355live here, work elsewhere

146live and work here

914work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilton goes to work

Farmington6.3 mi away

17%254

Wilton (in town)right here

10%146

Portland68.8 mi away

7%108

Augusta32.4 mi away

5%80

Lewiston37.4 mi away

4%60

Jay8 mi away

3%45

Rumford19.1 mi away

3%40

Westbrook63.7 mi away

2%37

Bangor73 mi away

2%37

Waterville29.5 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%659

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.

32%

11%

26%

31%

32%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilton is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilton are

1,060 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

1,060 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Wilton residents hold

1,501 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+4%

Jobs based in Wilton, 2013 → 2023: 1,020 → 1,060. 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.