Work & commute · Wilton

Work & commute in Wilton, NY

Most working residents leave Wilton for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Saratoga Springs (22%), Colonie (7%) and Albany (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

766 of 7,793 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,027 Wilton residents head out of town to work, 766 work right here, and 8,291 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilton.

7,027live here, work elsewhere

766live and work here

8,291work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilton goes to work

Saratoga Springs6.4 mi away

22%1,741

Wilton (in town)right here

10%766

Colonie28.6 mi away

7%526

Albany33.8 mi away

6%459

Glens Falls11.7 mi away

4%306

Queensbury15.1 mi away

4%306

New York172.4 mi away

3%271

Malta12.2 mi away

3%215

Clifton Park20.9 mi away

3%206

Ballston16.1 mi away

2%181

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%2,816

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.

38%

26%

21%

16%

38%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilton are

9,057 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

9,057 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Wilton residents hold

7,793 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+46%

Jobs based in Wilton, 2013 → 2023: 6,204 → 9,057. 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.