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Jobs & commute in Delaware

Delaware has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

0% of workers work from home, next to 17% for New Jersey as a whole. Employers in Delaware report 17 jobs, against 75 working residents. Hardly any stay in Delaware for work; outside it, Mount Olive Township is the main destination (7%, 17 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

17 jobs based here
Household income
$67K
median · New Jersey $104K
Poverty
12.4%
New Jersey 9.7%
Unemployment
10.0%
New Jersey 6.3% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 75 working residents
Work from home
0%
New Jersey 17% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Delaware

On a workday 75 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.

75live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
17work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night100
Workday43
100live here− 75head out to work+ 17come in to work= 43on a workday

About 43 people are in Delaware on a workday afternoon, 57% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.23jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Out of Delaware to work: where people go

Roselle Park: 1 residents work here (1%)Belvidere: 2 residents work here (3%)ButlerHopatcongJersey City: 2 residents work here (3%)Jim ThorpeEvesham Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Frelinghuysen TownshipAllamuchy Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Ewing Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Mount Olive Township: 5 residents work here (7%)Washington TownshipKnowlton Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Lebanon TownshipHanover Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Parsippany-Troy Hills Township: 3 residents work here (4%)Liberty TownshipLopatcong TownshipStroud TownshipUpper Mount Bethel TownshipDelawareMount Olive TownshipParsippany-Troy Hills TownshipBelvidereJersey CityEvesham TownshipAllamuchy TownshipDelaware
1
Mount Olive Township17.2 mi away
7%5
2
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township33.8 mi away
4%3
3
Belvidere4.2 mi away
3%2
4
Jersey City54 mi away
3%2
5
Evesham Township72.1 mi away
3%2
6
Allamuchy Township12.7 mi away
3%2
7
Ewing Township45.8 mi away
3%2
8
Knowlton Township2.5 mi away
3%2
9
Hanover Township33.9 mi away
3%2
10
Roselle Park44.9 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
69%52
The top trips

Where Delaware clocks in

7% of workers
17.2 mi awayMount Olive Township5 Delaware residents work here · Jobs & commute →
4% of workers
33.8 mi awayParsippany-Troy Hills Township3 Delaware residents work here · Jobs & commute →
3% of workers
4.2 mi awayBelvidere2 Delaware residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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 jobs

Mostly health care, schools and offices in Delaware

Jobs based in DelawareJobs Delaware residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%16%
Trade, transport & utilities12%15%
Services: health, schools, offices88%69%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less47%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%23%
Over $3,333 a month35%67%

Who does it

29 or younger47%27%
30 to 5424%52%
55 and older29%21%
−85%

Jobs based in Delaware, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 17. 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 Delaware’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Delaware

Working from home
0%

of Delaware workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Delaware gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 45 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% 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

Short hops and long hauls from Delaware

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMount Olive Township: 7% · 17.2 miParsippany-Troy Hills Township: 4% · 33.8 miBelvidere: 3% · 4.2 miJersey City: 3% · 54 miEvesham Township: 3% · 72.1 miAllamuchy Township: 3% · 12.7 miEwing Township: 3% · 45.8 miKnowlton Township: 3% · 2.5 miHanover Township: 3% · 33.9 miRoselle Park: 1% · 44.9 miBelvidere 3%Evesham Township 3%Delaware
DelawareTop destinations (size = commuters)
15%Under 10 mi11 residents
28%10–24 mi21 residents
32%25–50 mi24 residents
25%Over 50 mi19 residents

About 25% 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.

Next door

Delaware and the towns next door

Upper Mount Bethel Township: few work hereUpper Mount Bethel TownshipDelaware
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%
Upper Mount Bethel Townshipunder 2% of Delaware

Jobs & commute next door

TownDelaware workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Delaware–———$66,528

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Delaware’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Delaware: questions

What is the median household income in Delaware?

$66,528 (±$24,440) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Delaware?

12.4%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Delaware work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Olive Township (7%, 17 mi), Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (4%, 34 mi), Belvidere (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Delaware without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 19% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Delaware, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Delaware

Delaware home →
HandbookGetting around DelawareRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in NJShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.