Photo: Kej605 · CC BY-SA 3.0Dewey Beach has 2.8 jobs for every working resident: 348 people commute in to work
There are 355 jobs in Dewey Beach, and 128 of its residents work somewhere. Only 5% stay in Dewey Beach for work; outside it, Rehoboth Beach is the main destination (15%, 2 miles). 34% of workers work from home (Delaware 15%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Dewey Beach, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 121 residents head out to work and 7 work right here.
About 640 people are in Dewey Beach on a workday afternoon, 55% more than live here.
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 the people who work in Dewey Beach live
Where Dewey Beach clocks in
15% of workers
10% of workers
3% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Dewey Beach
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dewey Beach, 2013 → 2023: 174 → 355. 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 Dewey Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Dewey Beach: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dewey Beach workers work from home, vs 15% across Delaware. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 94 commuters (the 34% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Dewey Beach
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.
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 Dewey Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Dewey Beach?
$105,625 (±$35,619) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $84,954 across Delaware and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dewey Beach?
8.5%, against 10.4% across Delaware and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dewey Beach?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Delaware and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dewey Beach work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rehoboth Beach (15%, 2 mi), Lewes (10%, 7 mi), Dover (3%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dewey Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dewey Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dewey Beach
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.