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Work & commute · Camden

Work & commute in Camden, DE

Most working residents leave Camden for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Dover (27%), Milford (4%) and Smyrna (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
9%
137 of 1,518 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
16%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,381 Camden residents head out of town to work, 137 work right here, and 3,352 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Camden.

1,381live here, work elsewhere
137live and work here
3,352work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Camden goes to work

WoodsideWyomingHarringtonNew CastleCamdenGeorgetownSmyrnaMilfordWilmingtonMiddletownDoverRodney VillageKent AcresHighland AcresWoodside EastRiverviewRising Sun-LebanonDoverMilfordSmyrnaWilmingtonMiddletownNew CastleWyomingHarringtonGeorgetownCamden
1
Dover4.6 mi away
27%412
2
Camden (in town)right here
9%137
3
Milford14.9 mi away
4%60
4
Smyrna13.8 mi away
4%58
5
Wilmington44 mi away
4%58
6
Middletown25.2 mi away
3%42
7
New Castle39.4 mi away
2%34
8
Wyoming1 mi away
1%17
9
Harrington12 mi away
1%17
10
Georgetown29.7 mi away
1%17
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%666

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

How far

How far Camden commutes

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

48%Under 10 mi
13%10–24 mi
32%25–50 mi
7%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Camden is a job hub

2.30jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Camden are

3,489 jobs are based in Camden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Camden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Camden

3,489 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities34%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Camden residents hold

1,518 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month54%
+19%

Jobs based in Camden, 2013 → 2023: 2,938 → 3,489. 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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