Photo: Anonymous · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Wilmington Township
Wilmington Township has 3,436 jobs, and 2,994 of its residents work somewhere. For 4% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole. The average commute takes 22 minutes each way; Illinois averages 28, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Wilmington Township, in a few figures
Jobs in Wilmington Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Wilmington Township went from 1,456 in 2013 to 3,436 in 2023, +136%. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
68% of the jobs in Wilmington Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 28% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Wilmington Township trades workers with the towns around it
Wilmington Township has about as many jobs (3,436) as working residents (2,994), but they are mostly different people: 2,687 residents leave for work each day while 3,129 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in Wilmington Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Few Wilmington Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Wilmington Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
What Wilmington Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wilmington Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,456 → 3,436. 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 Wilmington Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Wilmington Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 2,687 residents head out to work, 307 work right here, and 3,129 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 (1.15 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.
From Wilmington Township, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wilmington Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,693 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
11% of working residents work in Wilmington
Where Wilmington Township clocks in
11% of workers
11% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Wilmington Township
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.
The towns next door employ 11% of Wilmington Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wilmington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington Township | – | — | — | 22 min | $65,202 |
| Florence Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Channahon Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 31 min | $136,489 |
| Felix Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 25 min | $70,843 |
| Goose Lake Township | under 2% | A+ | D− | 34 min | $116,648 |
| Reed Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 31 min | $82,398 |
| Wilmington | 11% | B− | B+ | 24 min | $66,154 |
Same-state neighbors only. Florence Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wilmington. Darker towns draw more of Wilmington Township’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 Wilmington Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wilmington Township?
$65,202 (±$12,595) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wilmington Township?
10.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wilmington Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wilmington Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilmington (11%, 2 mi), Joliet (11%, 13 mi), Chicago (10%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wilmington Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wilmington Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wilmington Township
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.