Photo: Staib · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and earnings in Wilmington, and the trip to work
11% of workers have no commute at all (Vermont 17%). Jobs and income earn Wilmington C+; getting around on foot earns it A. About one in three work in Wilmington itself; outside it, Dover draws the most (15%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Wilmington: the figures worth knowing
Wilmington has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Wilmington went from 753 in 2013 to 1,127 in 2023, +50%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Wilmington pay little
29% of the jobs based in Wilmington pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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; with 876 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Wilmington
On income, poverty and job access, Wilmington is better than 38% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Wilmington’s grade up (6.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Wilmington’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Wilmington could be anywhere from D to B.
What work there is in Wilmington: 1,127 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wilmington, 2013 → 2023: 753 → 1,127. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Wilmington for work, and who comes in
On a workday 581 residents head out to work, 295 work right here, and 832 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Wilmington on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Wilmington: the destinations
Where Wilmington clocks in
15% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
The trip to work from Wilmington: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wilmington workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 812 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Vermont: 82% 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 Wilmington, by distance
About 23% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Wilmington
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wilmington is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Wilmington 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 910 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 47% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 47% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% 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). 1.5% of Wilmington households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Wilmington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wilmington next to U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100: 2,943rd of 5,328 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 752 | South Hero VT | 1,726 | $127K | 3.5% | 5.9% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 790 | East Montpelier VT | 2,594 | $93K | 2.1% | 2.6% | 16% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 817 | Dummerston VT | 1,859 | $102K | 4.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,941 | North Buffalo Township PA | 2,611 | $76K | 9.1% | 7.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,942 | Greenwood Township PA | 1,908 | $68K | 9.6% | 2.3% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,943 | Wilmington VT | 2,280 | $70K | 6.1% | 3.7% | 34% | C+ |
| 2,944 | Hide-A-Way Lake MS | 2,569 | $70K | 5.6% | 6.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,945 | Astatula FL | 2,314 | $72K | 13.6% | 6.0% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
Next door is work for 16% of Wilmington
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wilmington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington | – | C+ | A | 21 min | $70,000 |
| Searsburg | under 1% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Whitingham | 1% | C− | C+ | 38 min | $70,625 |
| Dover | 15% | C− | A | 22 min | $52,313 |
| Readsboro | under 1% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Searsburg and Readsboro: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Dover. Darker towns draw more of Wilmington’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: questions
What is the median household income in Wilmington?
$70,000 (±$22,642) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wilmington?
6.1%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wilmington?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wilmington work?
34% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dover (15%, 6 mi), Brattleboro (9%, 12 mi), Bennington (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wilmington walkable?
Wilmington is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.9 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wilmington without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 47% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wilmington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wilmington
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.