Work & commute · Ardentown

Work & commute in Ardentown, DE

Most working residents leave Ardentown for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (18%), Philadelphia (4%) and Chester (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 97 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 97 Ardentown residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ardentown.

97live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

94work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ardentown goes to work

Wilmington5.7 mi away

18%17

Philadelphia, PA23.1 mi away

4%4

Chester, PA6.3 mi away

3%3

Dover44.8 mi away

2%2

Chadds Ford, PA6.1 mi away

2%2

Upper Chichester, PA3.3 mi away

2%2

Newport9.2 mi away

1%1

New Castle10.6 mi away

1%1

Milford62.2 mi away

1%1

Newark17.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%63

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ardentown commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

58%

28%

58%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ardentown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ardentown are

94 jobs are based in Ardentown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ardentown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ardentown

94 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Ardentown residents hold

97 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+327%

Jobs based in Ardentown, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 94. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.