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Work & commute · Blades

Work & commute in Blades, DE

Most working residents leave Blades for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Seaford (14%), Georgetown (6%) and Salisbury (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
7 of 484 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
1%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 477 Blades residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blades.

477live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
105work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Blades goes to work

SheltonBladesDelmarLaurelHarringtonSelbyvilleGeorgetownSeafordMilfordWilmingtonDoverFederalsburgHurlockSalisburyOcean PinesSeafordGeorgetownSalisburyMilfordHurlockDoverSelbyvilleWilmingtonFederalsburgLaurelBlades
1
Seaford1.7 mi away
14%67
2
Georgetown12.2 mi away
6%29
3
Salisbury, MD18 mi away
4%19
4
Milford21.3 mi away
3%16
5
Hurlock, MD14.3 mi away
3%14
6
Dover36.6 mi away
2%11
7
Selbyville24.6 mi away
2%10
8
Wilmington76.1 mi away
2%10
9
Federalsburg, MD10 mi away
2%10
10
Laurel4.6 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
60%290

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

How far

How far Blades commutes

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

30%Under 10 mi
37%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Blades is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blades are

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

Jobs based in Blades

112 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities6%
Services (health, schools, offices…)69%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Blades residents hold

484 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month51%
−62%

Jobs based in Blades, 2013 → 2023: 297 → 112. 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.

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