A job hub: Wilmington Township has 2.5 jobs per working resident, and 4,335 people come in to work
Wilmington Township has 4,775 jobs for 1,878 working residents. Jobs and income earn Wilmington Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C. About one in four work in Wilmington Township; the top destination outside it is Butler (16%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wilmington Township at work: what stands out
Wilmington Township makes and builds things
69% of the jobs based in Wilmington Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Wilmington Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 41%. The jobs ↓
Wilmington Township is where the jobs are
Wilmington Township has 4,775 jobs, 2.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 7,000 people are in town, 71% more than the 4,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
The jobs in Wilmington Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
80% of the jobs based in Wilmington Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 59% of the jobs Wilmington Township residents hold. 91% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Wilmington Township. The jobs ↓
The biggest group of Wilmington Township’s workers comes from Fort Wayne
666 of the people who work in Wilmington Township live in Fort Wayne, 25 miles away, more than from any other town. 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.
Wilmington Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wilmington Township is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #431 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Wilmington Township’s grade up (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wilmington Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Wilmington Township makes things: 69% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wilmington Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,719 → 4,775. 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.
A workday in Wilmington Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,438 residents head out to work and 440 work right here.
About 7,000 people are in Wilmington Township on a workday afternoon, 71% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Wilmington Township’s workers come from
Where Wilmington Township clocks in
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.
About 20 minutes each way for Wilmington Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wilmington Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,665 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
Half of Wilmington Township commutes less than 16 miles
About 18% 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.
For most of Wilmington Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wilmington Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns, #411 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Wilmington Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,771 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.9% of Wilmington Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wilmington Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wilmington Township places 2,591st of 4,023 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 82 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 91 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 132 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 2,589 | Waukon IA | 3,849 | $60K | 10.0% | 3.0% | 34% | C+ |
| 2,590 | Allegan MI | 5,127 | $53K | 13.9% | 3.7% | 26% | C+ |
| 2,591 | Wilmington Township IN | 4,074 | $69K | 15.7% | 4.3% | 23% | C+ |
| 2,592 | Hudson NC | 3,786 | $65K | 13.6% | 4.3% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,593 | Richmond NY | 3,275 | $79K | 6.8% | 8.3% | 9% | C+ |
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| 4,023 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Wilmington Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Around Wilmington Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wilmington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington Township | – | C+ | C | 20 min | $69,091 |
| Union Township | under 3% | B− | B− | 18 min | $75,568 |
| Concord Township | under 3% | B− | C− | 24 min | $65,192 |
| Franklin Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 26 min | $68,500 |
| Stafford Township | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Stafford Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$69,091 (±$15,724) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wilmington Township?
15.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wilmington Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wilmington Township work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Butler (16%, 3 mi), Fort Wayne (14%, 25 mi), Auburn (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wilmington Township walkable?
Wilmington Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
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. 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.