Work & commute · Cheswold

Work & commute in Cheswold, DE

Most working residents leave Cheswold for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Dover (25%), Smyrna (7%) and Wilmington (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 722 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 719 Cheswold residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 275 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cheswold.

719live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

275work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cheswold goes to work

Dover5.4 mi away

25%180

Smyrna5.3 mi away

7%51

Wilmington35.8 mi away

5%33

Middletown16.8 mi away

4%27

New Castle31.1 mi away

3%25

Milford23.2 mi away

3%23

Camden8.5 mi away

2%14

Georgetown38.2 mi away

2%11

Philadelphia, PA59.7 mi away

1%9

Clayton4.4 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%341

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

How far

How far Cheswold commutes

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

43%

12%

34%

10%

43%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cheswold is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cheswold are

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

Jobs based in Cheswold

278 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Cheswold residents hold

722 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+24%

Jobs based in Cheswold, 2013 → 2023: 225 → 278. 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.