Kent Acres has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
399 jobs are based in Kent Acres for 867 working residents. For jobs and income Kent Acres is better than 53% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (A−). Only 1% work in Kent Acres; the top destination outside it is Dover (31%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Kent Acres: the gist
A lot of Kent Acres works one town over
36% of working residents work in a town that borders Kent Acres: Dover (31%), Camden (4%) and Highland Acres (1%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Kent Acres are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Delaware. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Delaware worker. 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 867 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Kent Acres
Household income holds Kent Acres’ grade up ($91,524, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kent Acres could be anywhere from C− to A.
Commuting from Kent Acres: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kent Acres workers work from home, vs 15% across Delaware. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,036 commuters (the 9% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Kent Acres
On a workday 858 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 390 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Kent Acres on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer 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 people from Kent Acres work
Where Kent Acres clocks in
31% of workers
4% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Kent Acres
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kent Acres, 2013 → 2023: 488 → 399. 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 Kent Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Kent Acres’ workers travel
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Kent Acres
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.9% across Delaware.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,135 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 90% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.2% of Kent Acres households have no vehicle (Delaware 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kent Acres’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Kent Acres is 2,039th of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 415 | Townsend DE | 2,985 | $153K | 2.4% | 3.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 442 | Lincoln DE | 1,873 | $108K | 0.0% | 1.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 781 | Dover Base Housing DE | 2,962 | $82K | 2.2% | 12.4% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,037 | Butler Township PA | 2,626 | $89K | 14.8% | 3.8% | 5% | B− |
| 2,038 | Eureka WI | 1,756 | $88K | 5.0% | 4.5% | 3% | B− |
| 2,039 | Kent Acres DE | 2,388 | $92K | 14.2% | 4.5% | 1% | B− |
| 2,040 | Brookville IN | 2,663 | $56K | 8.7% | 0.0% | 16% | B− |
| 2,041 | Mount Sterling OH | 2,051 | $73K | 12.5% | 4.8% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Kent Acres, the top three, the last and three more from Delaware.
Bordering towns draw 36% of Kent Acres’ workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kent Acres workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Acres | – | B− | A− | 19 min | $91,524 |
| Dover | 31% | C− | A | 23 min | $60,199 |
| Highland Acres | 1% | B+ | A | 22 min | $102,356 |
| Rodney Village | under 2% | C− | A+ | 20 min | $43,558 |
| Camden | 4% | B+ | B+ | 20 min | $63,267 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Dover. Darker towns draw more of Kent Acres’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 Kent Acres: questions
What is the median household income in Kent Acres?
$91,524 (±$35,543) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $84,954 across Delaware and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kent Acres?
14.2%, against 10.4% across Delaware and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kent Acres?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Delaware and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kent Acres work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dover (31%, 2 mi), Wilmington (4%, 42 mi), Camden (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kent Acres walkable?
Kent Acres is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 13.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kent Acres without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kent Acres, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kent Acres
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.