Aspendale · Photo: Jack Boucher · Public domainWork, pay and getting to work in Kenton
0% of workers work from home, next to 15% for Delaware as a whole. Hardly any stay in Kenton for work; outside it, Dover is the main destination (19%, 9 miles). The average commute, 26 minutes each way, matches the Delaware norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Kenton, and who commutes in
On a workday 69 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 51 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.
0.74 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 Kenton: the destinations
Where Kenton clocks in
19% of workers
12% of workers
6% 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.
86% of the jobs in Kenton pay over $3,333 a month
51 jobs are based in Kenton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kenton, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 51. 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 Kenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way for Kenton’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kenton workers work from home, vs 15% across Delaware. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 57 commuters (the 0% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Kenton
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 Kenton: questions
What is the median household income in Kenton?
$44,665 (±$20,411) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $84,954 across Delaware and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kenton?
3.1%, against 10.4% across Delaware and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kenton?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Delaware and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kenton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dover (19%, 9 mi), Smyrna (12%, 6 mi), New Castle (6%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kenton 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 Kenton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kenton
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.