Work & commute · Claymont

Work & commute in Claymont, DE

Most working residents leave Claymont for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (12%), Philadelphia (5%) and New Castle (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

140 of 4,134 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 3,994 Claymont residents head out of town to work, 140 work right here, and 1,959 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Claymont.

3,994live here, work elsewhere

140live and work here

1,959work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Claymont goes to work

Wilmington6 mi away

12%503

Philadelphia, PA22.4 mi away

5%201

Claymont (in town)right here

3%140

New Castle10.8 mi away

3%127

Concord, PA5.6 mi away

2%74

Dover44.5 mi away

2%63

Chester, PA5.5 mi away

1%61

Newark18 mi away

1%55

West Goshen, PA13.8 mi away

1%47

Upper Chichester, PA3 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%2,820

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

How far

How far Claymont commutes

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

52%

35%

52%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Claymont is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Claymont are

2,099 jobs are based in Claymont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Claymont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Claymont

2,099 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Claymont residents hold

4,134 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+7%

Jobs based in Claymont, 2013 → 2023: 1,970 → 2,099. 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.