Mispillion Lighthouse and Beacon Tower · Photo: Skip willits · Public domainJobs and the daily commute in Slaughter Beach
The average commute takes 32 minutes each way; Delaware averages 26, the U.S. 26. For 31% of workers, the job is at home, next to 15% for Delaware as a whole. Hardly any stay in Slaughter Beach for work; outside it, Milford is the main destination (17%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Slaughter Beach, and who commutes in
On a workday 81 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 79 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Slaughter Beach’s residents
Where Slaughter Beach clocks in
17% of workers
9% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
79 jobs are based in Slaughter Beach.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Slaughter Beach, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 79. 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 Slaughter Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Slaughter Beach spends getting to work: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Slaughter Beach workers work from home, vs 15% across Delaware. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 120 commuters (the 31% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Slaughter Beach
About 16% 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 Slaughter Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Slaughter Beach?
$109,375 (±$106,896) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $84,954 across Delaware and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Slaughter Beach?
10.0%, against 10.4% across Delaware and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Slaughter Beach?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Delaware and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Slaughter Beach work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milford (17%, 6 mi), Lewes (9%, 13 mi), Dover (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Slaughter Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Slaughter Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Slaughter 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.