Work & commute · Bellefonte

Work & commute in Bellefonte, DE

Most working residents leave Bellefonte for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (13%), Philadelphia (4%) and New Castle (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 514 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 509 Bellefonte residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 204 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bellefonte.

509live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

204work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bellefonte goes to work

Wilmington2.8 mi away

13%67

Philadelphia, PA25.6 mi away

4%21

New Castle7.6 mi away

3%14

Dover41.9 mi away

2%8

Wilmington Manor7.2 mi away

2%8

Newark15.1 mi away

1%7

Upper Chichester, PA6.2 mi away

1%7

Claymont3.2 mi away

1%6

Bellefonte (in town)right here

1%5

East Marlborough, PA14 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

71%366

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

How far

How far Bellefonte commutes

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

62%

22%

10%

62%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bellefonte is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.41 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bellefonte are

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

Jobs based in Bellefonte

209 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Bellefonte residents hold

514 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−68%

Jobs based in Bellefonte, 2013 → 2023: 644 → 209. 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.