Work & commute · Wilmington

Work & commute in Wilmington, VT

About one in 3 of Wilmington’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Dover (15%), Brattleboro (9%) and Bennington (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

295 of 876 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 581 Wilmington residents head out of town to work, 295 work right here, and 832 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilmington.

581live here, work elsewhere

295live and work here

832work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilmington goes to work

Wilmington (in town)right here

34%295

Dover5.9 mi away

15%129

Brattleboro11.9 mi away

9%82

Bennington17.6 mi away

5%47

Burlington112.9 mi away

1%12

Hartford59.3 mi away

1%11

Whitingham6.9 mi away

1%10

South Burlington108.6 mi away

1%9

Manchester22 mi away

1%8

Ludlow36.5 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%265

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.

50%

22%

23%

50%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilmington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilmington are

1,127 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

1,127 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Wilmington residents hold

876 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+50%

Jobs based in Wilmington, 2013 → 2023: 753 → 1,127. 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.