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Work & commute · Wilmington

Work & commute in Wilmington, MN

Most working residents leave Wilmington for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Spring Grove (19%), Caledonia (19%) and La Crosse (11%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
2 of 160 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 158 Wilmington residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilmington.

158live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
58work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Wilmington goes to work

WaukonDecorahEitzenSpring GroveHoustonLanesboroCaledoniaWinonaRochesterOnalaskaLa CrosseWinnebagoWilmingtonSpring GroveMayvilleCaledoniaCrooked CreekSpring GroveCaledoniaLa CrosseRochesterWinonaDecorahOnalaskaSpring GroveEitzenHoustonWilmington
1
Spring Grove4.4 mi away
19%30
2
Caledonia7.5 mi away
19%30
3
La Crosse, WI26.1 mi away
11%18
4
Rochester56.7 mi away
7%11
5
Winona36.1 mi away
4%7
6
Decorah, IA19.7 mi away
3%5
7
Onalaska, WI30.2 mi away
3%5
8
Spring Grove6.4 mi away
3%4
9
Eitzen5 mi away
2%3
10
Houston15.2 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
28%44

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.

46%Under 10 mi
18%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Wilmington is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilmington are

60 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

60 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)98%
Trade, transport & utilities2%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%
Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Wilmington residents hold

160 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month56%
+9%

Jobs based in Wilmington, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 60. 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.

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