With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Wilton Center works elsewhere
There are 34 jobs in Wilton Center; 81 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Wilton Center for work; outside it, Chicago is the main destination (10%, 36 miles). 18% of workers have no commute at all, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wilton Center by day and by night
On a workday 81 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11 people are in Wilton Center on a workday afternoon, 81% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Wilton Center: the destinations
Where Wilton Center clocks in
10% of workers
10% of workers
4% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Wilton Center
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wilton Center, 2014 → 2024: 4 → 34. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wilton Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Wilton Center
of Wilton Center workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18 commuters (the 18% 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.
How far Wilton Center goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Center: questions
What is the median household income in Wilton Center?
$71,667 (±$58,082) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wilton Center?
10.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Wilton Center work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (10%, 36 mi), Joliet (10%, 15 mi), Wilmington (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Wilton Center without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wilton Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wilton Center
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.