Work & commute · Wilmington

Work & commute in Wilmington, NY

Most working residents leave Wilmington for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are North Elba (27%), Harrietstown (23%) and St. Armand (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 493 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 461 Wilmington residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 203 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilmington.

461live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

203work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilmington goes to work

North Elba13.8 mi away

27%132

Harrietstown18.9 mi away

23%112

Wilmington (in town)right here

6%32

St. Armand5.7 mi away

5%24

Elizabethtown17.3 mi away

3%15

Malone33.6 mi away

2%12

Albany118 mi away

2%10

Plattsburgh30.7 mi away

2%9

Brighton18.8 mi away

2%8

New York256.4 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%132

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.

14%

57%

11%

18%

14%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilmington is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilmington are

235 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

235 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Wilmington residents hold

493 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+53%

Jobs based in Wilmington, 2013 → 2023: 154 → 235. 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.