Photo: User:Noroton · Public domainHousehold incomes in Wilton are among the highest of any U.S. town
The poverty rate is 2.4%, next to 10.0% for Connecticut as a whole. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. Jobs and income earn Wilton A; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Wilton
Wilton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Wilton is New York City, NY, 46 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (1,332) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Wilton works from home
34% of Wilton workers work from home, against 16% across Connecticut. Time on the road ↓
Wilton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 27 across Connecticut. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
78% of Wilton’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data, and so do 80% of the jobs based in Wilton. The jobs ↓
Wilton is where the jobs are
Wilton has 11,604 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
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.
Inside Wilton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wilton is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #19 of 155 in Connecticut. Household income holds Wilton’s grade up ($242,199, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate 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+.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Wilton
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.
Getting to work from Wilton takes about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wilton workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,131 commuters (the 34% who work from home are left out). Across Connecticut: 82% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
80% of the jobs in Wilton pay over $3,333 a month
11,604 jobs are based in Wilton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wilton, 2013 → 2023: 11,779 → 11,604. 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.
Wilton by day and by night
On a workday 6,599 residents head out to work, 949 work right here, and 10,655 people come in from elsewhere.
About 23,000 people are in Wilton on a workday afternoon, 21% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The daily trip into Wilton
Where Wilton clocks in
18% of workers
13% of workers
8% 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.
Wilton is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wilton is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns, #44 of 155 in Connecticut. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 14.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across Connecticut, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,266 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 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% 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). 3.0% of Wilton households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 12% of Wilton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wilton next to U.S. towns of 14,000 to 26,000: 209th of 1,760 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | North Haven CT | 24,799 | $133K | 4.1% | 2.0% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Berlin CT | 20,698 | $114K | 3.4% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Ellington CT | 16,594 | $130K | 2.4% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 207 | Brookfield IL | 18,879 | $110K | 5.4% | 3.3% | 4% | A |
| 208 | Webster Groves MO | 23,450 | $115K | 4.2% | 3.7% | 7% | A |
| 209 | Wilton CT | 19,435 | $242K | 2.4% | 4.4% | 13% | A |
| 210 | Cuba Township IL | 17,247 | $154K | 4.7% | 3.8% | 6% | A |
| 211 | Morris Township NJ | 23,730 | $205K | 4.6% | 4.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,760 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Connecticut.
Next door is work for 15% of Wilton
The biggest share goes to Norwalk (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wilton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilton | – | A | A− | 36 min | $242,199 |
| New Canaan | 2% | A | A | 38 min | $250,000+ |
| Ridgefield | 2% | A | B+ | 33 min | $179,219 |
| Weston | under 3% | A | B | 47 min | $250,000+ |
| Norwalk | 8% | B+ | A | 27 min | $107,616 |
| Redding | under 3% | A− | B | 36 min | $186,060 |
| Poplar Plains | under 3% | — | — | 43 min | — |
| Westport | 3% | A | A | 41 min | $250,000+ |
| Branchville | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Poplar Plains and Branchville: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wilton’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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?
$242,199 (±$15,893) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wilton?
2.4%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wilton?
36 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wilton work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (18%, 46 mi), Stamford (13%, 11 mi), Norwalk (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wilton walkable?
Wilton is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wilton without a car?
12% 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.