Photo: Lee Cannon from Bayville aka West Fenwick, DE, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Jobs, income and commuting in Dagsboro, DE
6% of workers work from home, where Delaware as a whole has 15%. Only 2% work in Dagsboro; the top destination outside it is Selbyville (7%, 6 miles). The average commute takes 25 minutes each way (Delaware 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Dagsboro
The 319 jobs based in Dagsboro
319 jobs are based in Dagsboro.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dagsboro, 2013 → 2023: 295 → 319. 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 Dagsboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Dagsboro
On a workday 402 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 309 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 (0.77 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.
Where Dagsboro goes to work
Where Dagsboro clocks in
7% 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.
Dagsboro’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dagsboro workers work from home, vs 15% across Delaware. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 593 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Delaware: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Dagsboro
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Dagsboro
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dagsboro workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dagsboro | – | — | — | 25 min | $60,607 |
| Frankford | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Frankford: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dagsboro’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 Dagsboro: questions
What is the median household income in Dagsboro?
$60,607 (±$15,665) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $84,954 across Delaware and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dagsboro?
10.4%, against 10.4% across Delaware and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dagsboro?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Delaware and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dagsboro work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Selbyville (7%, 6 mi), Millsboro (5%, 5 mi), Georgetown (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dagsboro without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dagsboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dagsboro
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.