Photo: Jessica Chesler · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Wilton Manors are higher than in 63% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 11.4% of residents (Florida 12.6%). For jobs and income Wilton Manors is better than 68% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (A). Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 8.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.0 in Miami.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Wilton Manors, in a few figures
Wilton Manors trades workers with the towns around it
Wilton Manors has about as many jobs (5,675) as working residents (4,859), but they are mostly different people: 4,535 residents leave for work each day while 5,351 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Wilton Manors are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Wilton Manors has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Wilton Manors went from 3,533 in 2013 to 5,675 in 2023, +61%. The jobs ↓
Wilton Manors and Fort Lauderdale trade workers both ways
Fort Lauderdale is the top workplace for Wilton Manors residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Wilton Manors come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Wilton Manors
24% of Wilton Manors workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Wilton Manors draws workers from far and wide
The 5,675 jobs in Wilton Manors are filled from a wide area. Wilton Manors’ own residents hold 6% and the ten next-biggest home towns 37%; the other 57% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Wilton Manors: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Wilton Manors’ grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wilton Manors could be anywhere from B− to A.
The workday shuffle in and out of Wilton Manors
On a workday 4,535 residents head out to work, 324 work right here, and 5,351 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Inside Wilton Manors’ 5,675 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wilton Manors, 2013 → 2023: 3,533 → 5,675. 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 Manors’s own residents hold wherever they work.
21% of working residents work in Fort Lauderdale
Where Wilton Manors clocks in
21% of workers
5% 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.
About 27 minutes to work from Wilton Manors
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wilton Manors workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,932 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Wilton Manors
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.
Wilton Manors is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 5.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,462 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 45% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 92% 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). 4.6% of Wilton Manors households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Wilton Manors’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Wilton Manors is 1,158th of 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 255 | Key Biscayne FL | 14,815 | $182K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 326 | Asbury Lake FL | 14,458 | $101K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 351 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,156 | Louisville OH | 9,874 | $64K | 7.8% | 2.4% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,157 | Baugo Township IN | 9,595 | $81K | 8.9% | 3.5% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,158 | Wilton Manors FL | 11,655 | $85K | 11.4% | 4.3% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,159 | Waterboro ME | 8,219 | $89K | 6.0% | 2.8% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,160 | Merriam KS | 11,509 | $74K | 6.0% | 5.4% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Manors, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work next door: 24% of Wilton Manors’ workers
The biggest share goes to Fort Lauderdale (21%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wilton Manors workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilton Manors | – | B+ | A | 27 min | $85,392 |
| Fort Lauderdale | 21% | B | A | 26 min | $83,130 |
| Oakland Park | 3% | B− | A | 26 min | $72,708 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wilton Manors’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 Manors: questions
What is the median household income in Wilton Manors?
$85,392 (±$8,132) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wilton Manors?
11.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wilton Manors?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wilton Manors work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Lauderdale (21%, 1 mi), Sunrise (5%, 8 mi), Pompano Beach (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wilton Manors walkable?
Wilton Manors is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.6 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wilton Manors without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 45% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wilton Manors, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wilton Manors
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.