Work & commute · Bridgeville

Work & commute in Bridgeville, DE

Most working residents leave Bridgeville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Seaford (12%), Georgetown (5%) and Milford (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

65 of 914 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 849 Bridgeville residents head out of town to work, 65 work right here, and 921 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bridgeville.

849live here, work elsewhere

65live and work here

921work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bridgeville goes to work

Seaford4.7 mi away

12%106

Bridgeville (in town)right here

7%65

Georgetown11.9 mi away

5%46

Milford16 mi away

4%36

Dover30.4 mi away

4%34

Wilmington69.9 mi away

2%22

Greenwood5.7 mi away

2%14

Salisbury, MD24.2 mi away

1%13

Hurlock, MD15.8 mi away

1%12

Federalsburg, MD9.4 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%555

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

How far

How far Bridgeville commutes

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

34%

29%

13%

24%

34%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bridgeville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bridgeville are

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

Jobs based in Bridgeville

986 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Bridgeville residents hold

914 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+23%

Jobs based in Bridgeville, 2013 → 2023: 800 → 986. 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.