Tharp House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs and earnings in Farmington, and the trip to work
Working residents average 24 minutes each way, next to 26 for Delaware and 26 for the U.S. Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers (Delaware 15%). Only 3% stay in Farmington for work; outside it, Dover is the main destination (11%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Farmington
On a workday 37 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 85 people are in Farmington on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
Where Farmington goes to work
Where Farmington clocks in
11% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
In Farmington, 68% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
22 jobs are based in Farmington.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Farmington, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 22. 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 Farmington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Farmington
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Farmington workers work from home, vs 15% across Delaware. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 75 commuters (the 3% 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 many miles Farmington commutes
About 30% 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 Farmington: questions
What is the poverty rate in Farmington?
0.0%, against 10.4% across Delaware and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Farmington?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Delaware and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Farmington work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dover (11%, 20 mi), Harrington (8%, 4 mi), Milford (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Farmington without a car?
0% 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 Farmington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Farmington
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.