Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in St. Georges earn more than those in 92% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 32 minutes each way; Delaware averages 26, the U.S. 26. Jobs and income earn St. Georges A+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Hardly any work in St. Georges; the top destination outside it is Wilmington (9%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
St. Georges at work: what stands out
St. Georges is a place people come home to
There are 182 jobs based in St. Georges, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday St. Georges has about 850 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
St. Georges workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Delaware. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical 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 858 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind St. Georges’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, St. Georges is better than 98% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (0.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 74% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: St. Georges’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, St. Georges could be anywhere from A to A+.
Who works in St. Georges, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 850 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere.
About 850 people are in St. Georges on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
0.21 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.
Each way, about 32 minutes from St. Georges
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Georges workers work from home, vs 15% across Delaware. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 773 commuters (the 17% 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.
Where St. Georges’ working residents head each day
Where St. Georges clocks in
9% of workers
4% 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.
What work there is in St. Georges: 182 jobs
182 jobs are based in St. Georges.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Georges, 2013 → 2023: 170 → 182. 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 St. Georges’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from St. Georges
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.
Most of St. Georges commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Georges is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% 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 930 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 82% 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). 0.0% of St. Georges households have no vehicle (Delaware 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of St. Georges’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, St. Georges is 86th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Shoal Creek AL | 1,328 | $218K | 0.0% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 85 | Westlake TX | 2,057 | $250K | 6.6% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| 86 | St. Georges DE | 1,530 | $132K | 0.4% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 87 | Rolling Hills CA | 1,641 | $250K | 5.5% | 5.6% | 2% | A+ |
| 88 | Boston Heights OH | 1,408 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 390 | Lincoln DE | 1,873 | $108K | 0.0% | 1.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 405 | Bellefonte DE | 1,313 | $91K | 5.5% | 4.9% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 764 | Bethany Beach DE | 1,104 | $117K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 St. Georges, the top three, the last and three more from Delaware.
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 St. Georges: questions
What is the median household income in St. Georges?
$131,553 (±$49,610) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $84,954 across Delaware and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Georges?
0.4%, against 10.4% across Delaware and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Georges?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Delaware and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Georges work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilmington (9%, 14 mi), Middletown (4%, 9 mi), New Castle (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Georges walkable?
St. Georges is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Georges without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Georges, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Georges
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.