Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWilmington Township has higher unemployment (5.4%) than 67% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 29% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Jobs and income earn Wilmington Township C+; getting around on foot earns it B−. Only 4% work in Wilmington Township; the top destination outside it is New Castle (12%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wilmington Township at work: what stands out
Wilmington Township makes and builds things
58% 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 21%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Wilmington Township
29% of Wilmington Township workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
Wilmington Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Wilmington Township went from 606 in 2014 to 833 in 2024, +37%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, 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’s behind Wilmington Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wilmington Township is better than 45% of U.S. towns, #736 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Wilmington Township’s grade up (ahead of 56% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wilmington Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Wilmington Township makes things: 58% of its jobs are in goods
833 jobs are based in Wilmington Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wilmington Township, 2014 → 2024: 606 → 833. 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 Wilmington Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Wilmington Township: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wilmington Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 739 commuters (the 29% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How a workday changes Wilmington Township
On a workday 1,019 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 794 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 (0.79 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Wilmington Township’s working residents head each day
Where Wilmington Township clocks in
12% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
Wilmington Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Wilmington Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wilmington Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #575 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,040 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). 18.9% of Wilmington Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Wilmington Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Wilmington Township ranks: 2,680th of 5,278 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 30 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,678 | Croton Township MI | 3,472 | $77K | 12.7% | 2.1% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,679 | Tyrone Township PA | 1,814 | $92K | 13.2% | 0.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,680 | Wilmington Township PA | 2,642 | $73K | 9.8% | 5.4% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,681 | Bourg LA | 2,239 | $69K | 10.4% | 4.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,682 | North Spearfish SD | 1,858 | $77K | 23.2% | 0.0% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,278 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 15% of Wilmington Township
The biggest share goes to Neshannock Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wilmington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington Township | – | C+ | B− | 26 min | $72,557 |
| New Wilmington | 4% | B+ | A+ | 16 min | $73,696 |
| Volant | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Neshannock Township | 6% | A− | C+ | 23 min | $83,115 |
| Hickory Township | 3% | B+ | C+ | 24 min | $74,478 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Springfield Township | 2% | B− | B− | 24 min | $76,786 |
| Pulaski Township | under 2% | B | C− | 24 min | $74,583 |
Same-state neighbors only. Volant and Washington 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 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 Wilmington Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wilmington Township?
$72,557 (±$13,800) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wilmington Township?
9.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wilmington Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wilmington Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Castle (12%, 8 mi), Neshannock Township (6%, 4 mi), Pittsburgh (6%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Wilmington Township walkable?
Wilmington Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wilmington Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 19% 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), 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. 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.