Work & commute · Bethany Beach

Work & commute in Bethany Beach, DE

Most working residents leave Bethany Beach for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Dover (5%), Wilmington (3%) and Ocean View (2%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

24 of 251 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 227 Bethany Beach residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 907 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bethany Beach.

227live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

907work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bethany Beach goes to work

Bethany Beach (in town)right here

10%24

Dover49.6 mi away

5%13

Wilmington86.5 mi away

3%7

Ocean View1.7 mi away

2%6

Salisbury, MD30.4 mi away

2%6

Rehoboth Beach12.5 mi away

2%5

Georgetown20.3 mi away

2%5

Middletown71.6 mi away

2%4

South Bethany1.5 mi away

1%3

Lewes17.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

70%175

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

How far

How far Bethany Beach commutes

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

32%

13%

15%

41%

32%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bethany Beach is a job hub

3.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bethany Beach are

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

Jobs based in Bethany Beach

931 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Bethany Beach residents hold

251 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+139%

Jobs based in Bethany Beach, 2013 → 2023: 389 → 931. 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.