Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in Wilna have lower incomes than those in 74% of U.S. towns
4% of workers have no commute at all; New York has 15%. 19.2% of residents live below the poverty line; New York has 14.0%. The two grades for Wilna are D for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Wilna: the gist
Commutes from Wilna are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Wilna workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Where Wilna’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wilna is better than 14% of U.S. towns, #699 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Wilna’s grade up (5.2%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wilna could be anywhere from D− to C+.
About 24 minutes each way for Wilna’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wilna workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,337 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who commutes out of Wilna, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,594 residents head out to work, 308 work right here, and 949 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,800 people are in Wilna on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.66 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.
16% of working residents work in Watertown
Where Wilna clocks in
Lines 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.
Jobs in Wilna: what the 1,257 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wilna, 2013 → 2023: 1,025 → 1,257. 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 Wilna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Wilna, by distance
About 28% 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.
Most of Wilna commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wilna is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #535 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,438 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). 7.6% of Wilna households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Wilna’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,207th of 3,612: where Wilna ranks among U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 17 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,205 | Vandergrift PA | 4,903 | $51K | 21.5% | 8.8% | 6% | D |
| 3,206 | Drummer Township IL | 3,914 | $51K | 12.6% | 9.5% | 33% | D |
| 3,207 | Wilna NY | 5,492 | $60K | 19.2% | 5.2% | 16% | D |
| 3,208 | Gifford FL | 4,668 | $33K | 42.0% | 5.0% | 3% | D |
| 3,209 | Holloman AFB NM | 4,433 | $52K | 10.2% | 11.9% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,612 | 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 Wilna, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
10% of Wilna works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wilna workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilna | – | D | B− | 24 min | $60,213 |
| Champion | 10% | D | B− | 20 min | $56,875 |
| Carthage | under 2% | D | B− | 28 min | $58,125 |
| Deferiet | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| West Carthage | under 2% | C− | B+ | 21 min | $49,885 |
| Denmark | under 2% | C | C+ | 23 min | $63,270 |
| Great Bend | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Diana | under 2% | D | C | 33 min | $58,929 |
| Antwerp | under 2% | C | C− | 27 min | $74,274 |
| Croghan | under 2% | C | C | 22 min | $72,220 |
Same-state neighbors only. Deferiet: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Great Bend: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Champion. Darker towns draw more of Wilna’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 Wilna: questions
What is the median household income in Wilna?
$60,213 (±$10,741) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wilna?
19.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wilna?
24 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wilna work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watertown (16%, 17 mi), Champion (10%, 8 mi), Lowville (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wilna walkable?
Wilna is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wilna without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wilna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wilna
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.