Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Wilson are higher than in 94% of U.S. towns
Wilson grades C+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. The poverty rate is 14.6%, next to 10.5% for Wyoming as a whole. For 29% of workers, the job is at home, next to 9% for Wyoming as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Wilson: the figures worth knowing
More than half of Wilson works in Jackson
346 working residents, 51%, have their main job in Jackson, 7 miles away. That’s 17 times as many as work in Wilson itself. The commute map ↓
Most Wilson residents work close to home
79% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
A lot of Wilson works from home
29% of Wilson workers work from home, against 9% across Wyoming. 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; with 677 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Wilson gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Wilson is better than 42% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Wilson’s grade up ($142,367, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Wilson’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, Wilson could be anywhere from D− to A−.
51% of working residents work in Jackson
Where Wilson clocks in
51% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Wilson
About 15% 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.
The trip to work from Wilson: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wilson workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 483 commuters (the 29% who work from home are left out). Across Wyoming: 83% 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.
Wilson by day and by night
On a workday 659 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 482 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in Wilson on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.74 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.
65% of the jobs in Wilson pay over $3,333 a month
500 jobs are based in Wilson.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wilson, 2013 → 2023: 248 → 500. 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 Wilson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Wilson
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wilson is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 20.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.8% across Wyoming, on an EPA index of 7.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 676 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). 0.0% of Wilson households have no vehicle (Wyoming 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Wilson’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,552nd of 3,771: where Wilson ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 318 | Rafter J Ranch WY | 1,293 | $161K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 423 | Hoback WY | 1,316 | $147K | 1.7% | 1.8% | 11% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 668 | Story WY | 1,054 | $114K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,550 | Montello WI | 1,174 | $88K | 10.0% | 4.8% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,551 | Spencerville NM | 1,264 | $79K | 11.6% | 3.3% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,552 | Wilson WY | 1,113 | $142K | 14.6% | 2.9% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,553 | Saranac MI | 1,386 | $67K | 15.3% | 4.4% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,554 | Morristown MN | 1,023 | $83K | 15.1% | 5.1% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Wilson, the top three, the last and three more from Wyoming.
Around Wilson: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Moose Wilson Road (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wilson workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson | – | C+ | A− | 19 min | $142,367 |
| Moose Wilson Road | 5% | B | A | 17 min | $137,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wilson’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 Wilson: questions
What is the median household income in Wilson?
$142,367 (±$97,501) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wilson?
14.6%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wilson?
19 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wilson work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (51%, 7 mi), Teton Village (7%, 9 mi), Moose Wilson Road (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wilson walkable?
Wilson is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 21% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wilson without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wilson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wilson
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.