Alta Mesa Farm Bureau Hall · Photo: Aaron A. Gallup · Public domainHouseholds in Wilton earn more than those in 98% of U.S. towns
Only 3% stay in Wilton for work; outside it, Sacramento is the main destination (22%, 18 miles). Poverty touches 5.3% of residents, next to 12.0% for California as a whole. For jobs and income Wilton is better than 95% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Wilton stands out on work
Wilton is a place people come home to
There are 405 jobs based in Wilton, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wilton has about 4,500 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Wilton and Sacramento trade workers both ways
Sacramento is the top workplace for Wilton residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Wilton come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Wilton makes and builds things
44% of the jobs based in Wilton are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Wilton residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Wilton
Household income is its strongest input ($189,537, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wilton could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Who works in Wilton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,290 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 337 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,500 people are in Wilton on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.17 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Wilton to work: where people go
Where Wilton clocks in
22% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A place that makes things: 44% of Wilton’s jobs are in goods
405 jobs are based in Wilton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wilton, 2013 → 2023: 264 → 405. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wilton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Wilton: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wilton workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,496 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Wilton
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Wilton walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,937 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.2% of Wilton households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wilton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,500 to 8,700, Wilton ranks 222nd of 3,306 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 220 | Pantops VA | 4,665 | $128K | 3.5% | 2.4% | 7% | A |
| 221 | Brentwood MO | 8,079 | $100K | 5.1% | 2.4% | 4% | A |
| 222 | Wilton CA | 6,433 | $190K | 5.3% | 1.3% | 3% | A |
| 223 | Mather CA | 4,520 | $146K | 2.8% | 3.7% | 2% | A |
| 224 | Huxley IA | 4,715 | $112K | 4.5% | 1.3% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,306 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Wilton, the top three, the last and three more from California.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Wilton: questions
What is the median household income in Wilton?
$189,537 (±$35,015) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wilton?
5.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wilton?
33 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wilton work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sacramento (22%, 18 mi), Elk Grove (10%, 9 mi), Rancho Cordova (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wilton walkable?
Wilton is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wilton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wilton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wilton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.