Photo: Dough4872 · CC BY-SA 4.0Where Hartly earns its living
The average commute takes 23 minutes each way (Delaware 26, U.S. 26). Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers (Delaware 15%). Hardly any work in Hartly itself; outside it, Dover draws the most (18%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Hartly on a workday
On a workday 33 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 65 people are in Hartly on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Commuting out of Hartly: the destinations
Where Hartly clocks in
18% of workers
12% 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.
What the 19 jobs in Hartly are
19 jobs are based in Hartly.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hartly, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 19. 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 Hartly’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way for Hartly’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hartly workers work from home, vs 15% across Delaware. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 85 commuters (the 1% 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.
Miles to work from Hartly
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 Hartly: questions
What is the median household income in Hartly?
$152,813 (±$83,505) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $84,954 across Delaware and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hartly?
9.5%, against 10.4% across Delaware and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hartly?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Delaware and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hartly work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dover (18%, 10 mi), Milford (12%, 24 mi), Camden (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hartly without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hartly, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hartly
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.