Work & commute · Wilmington

Work & commute in Wilmington, PA

Most working residents leave Wilmington for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New Castle (14%), Neshannock (8%) and Pittsburgh (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 1,081 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,040 Wilmington residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 727 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilmington.

1,040live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

727work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilmington goes to work

New Castle8 mi away

14%154

Neshannock4.3 mi away

8%86

Pittsburgh49.5 mi away

6%60

New Wilmington1 mi away

5%58

Wilmington (in town)right here

4%41

Shenango11 mi away

4%40

Hermitage10.6 mi away

3%31

Hickory5.2 mi away

2%21

Cranberry29.7 mi away

2%19

Springfield6.7 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%554

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.

43%

21%

16%

43%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilmington 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 Wilmington are

768 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

768 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Wilmington residents hold

1,081 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+23%

Jobs based in Wilmington, 2013 → 2023: 626 → 768. 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.