Rehoboth · Photo: Forman, H.C. · Public domainWork, pay and getting to work in Eldorado
A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes; Maryland averages 31, the U.S. 26. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Maryland as a whole has 19%. Hardly any stay in Eldorado for work; outside it, Rehoboth Beach is the main destination (6%, 39 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Eldorado, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 16 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 30 people are in Eldorado on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Where people from Eldorado work
Where Eldorado clocks in
6% of workers
6% 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.
About 25 minutes to work from Eldorado
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eldorado workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Eldorado, by distance
About 38% 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 Eldorado: questions
What is the median household income in Eldorado?
$51,563 (±$3,142) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eldorado?
0.0%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eldorado?
25 minutes each way on average, against 31 across Maryland and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eldorado work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rehoboth Beach (6%, 39 mi), Wilmington (6%, 81 mi), Easton (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Eldorado 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 Eldorado, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eldorado
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.