Work & commute · Wilton

Work & commute in Wilton, WI

Most working residents leave Wilton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tomah (23%), Sparta (6%) and La Crosse (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 387 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 383 Wilton residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilton.

383live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilton goes to work

Tomah9.1 mi away

23%89

Sparta16.9 mi away

6%23

La Crosse36.6 mi away

5%20

Sheldon8.6 mi away

4%15

Wilton3.4 mi away

4%14

Madison75.2 mi away

3%11

Oakdale7.5 mi away

3%10

Tomah5.7 mi away

2%9

Mauston20.9 mi away

2%6

Onalaska35.5 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%184

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.

28%

15%

30%

28%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilton is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilton are

61 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

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Wilton residents hold

387 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+79%

Jobs based in Wilton, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 61. 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.