Work & commute · Wilna

Work & commute in Wilna, NY

Most working residents leave Wilna for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Watertown (16%), Champion (10%) and Lowville (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

308 of 1,902 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,594 Wilna residents head out of town to work, 308 work right here, and 949 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilna.

1,594live here, work elsewhere

308live and work here

949work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilna goes to work

Wilna (in town)right here

16%308

Watertown16.9 mi away

16%297

Champion8.1 mi away

10%197

Lowville17.1 mi away

5%89

Le Ray10.4 mi away

5%87

Watertown18.5 mi away

4%74

Syracuse75.4 mi away

2%44

Pamelia15.9 mi away

2%33

DeWitt73.3 mi away

2%30

Albany131.6 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%714

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Wilna commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

31%

36%

28%

31%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilna is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilna are

1,257 jobs are based in Wilna. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wilna’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wilna

1,257 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Wilna residents hold

1,902 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+23%

Jobs based in Wilna, 2013 → 2023: 1,025 → 1,257. 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.