Photo: Ken Gallager at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Wilton (1.4%) than in 91% of U.S. towns
Wilton grades A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns. About one in ten stay in Wilton for work; outside it, Nashua is the main destination (14%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Wilton stands out on work
Where Wilton’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wilton is better than 90% of U.S. towns, #19 of 126 in New Hampshire. Unemployment holds Wilton’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wilton could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Goods jobs make up 32% of work in Wilton
883 jobs are based in Wilton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wilton, 2013 → 2023: 1,258 → 883. 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.
Who commutes out of Wilton, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,871 residents head out to work, 172 work right here, and 711 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Wilton on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.43 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where people from Wilton work
Where Wilton clocks in
14% of workers
13% of workers
7% 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.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Wilton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wilton workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,033 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across New Hampshire: 87% 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.
The commute from Wilton, by distance
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.
Most trips from Wilton start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wilton is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns, #76 of 126 in New Hampshire. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across New Hampshire.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,440 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 8.2% of Wilton households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wilton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wilton next to U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400: 421st of 4,177 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 160 | North Hampton NH | 4,526 | $146K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 223 | Greenland NH | 4,143 | $163K | 0.5% | 2.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 279 | Brentwood NH | 4,923 | $166K | 3.3% | 2.3% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 419 | Union Township IN | 3,057 | $109K | 8.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 420 | Township 1 NE | 4,517 | $126K | 5.9% | 2.9% | 9% | A |
| 421 | Wilton NH | 4,015 | $114K | 3.9% | 1.4% | 8% | A |
| 422 | Granville Township OH | 4,238 | $113K | 3.4% | 0.0% | 17% | A |
| 423 | Malvern PA | 3,427 | $118K | 4.5% | 4.3% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | 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 Wilton, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
The towns next door employ 13% of Wilton
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wilton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilton | – | A | C+ | 30 min | $114,349 |
| Lyndeborough | under 2% | A− | C− | 39 min | $116,964 |
| Milford | 13% | A | B− | 27 min | $97,768 |
| Temple | under 2% | B | C+ | 37 min | $94,107 |
| Mason | under 2% | A− | C | 41 min | $111,090 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Milford. 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?
$114,349 (±$20,997) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wilton?
3.9%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wilton?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wilton work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashua (14%, 15 mi), Milford (13%, 5 mi), Manchester (7%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wilton walkable?
Wilton is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wilton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% 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.