Woodside Methodist Episcopal Church · Photo: Smallbones · CC0How Woodside works: jobs, income and commuting
Home is the office for 8% of workers; Delaware has 15%. Only 1% work in Woodside itself; outside it, Dover draws the most (25%, 7 miles). Working residents average 22 minutes each way, next to 26 for Delaware and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Woodside on a workday afternoon
On a workday 94 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Woodside on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.68 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.
The towns that employ Woodside’s residents
Where Woodside clocks in
25% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
The 65 jobs based in Woodside
65 jobs are based in Woodside.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Woodside, 2013 → 2023: 385 → 65. 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 Woodside’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Woodside, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Woodside workers work from home, vs 15% across Delaware. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 140 commuters (the 8% 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.
How far it is to work from Woodside
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.
Work in the towns next to Woodside
The biggest share goes to Camden (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Woodside’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 Woodside: questions
What is the median household income in Woodside?
$79,375 (±$10,389) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $84,954 across Delaware and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Woodside?
6.9%, against 10.4% across Delaware and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Woodside?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Delaware and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Woodside work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dover (25%, 7 mi), Smyrna (4%, 16 mi), New Castle (3%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Woodside 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 Woodside, from the people who make the trip.
More of Woodside
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.