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Work & commute · Dagsboro

Work & commute in Dagsboro, DE

Most working residents leave Dagsboro for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Selbyville (7%), Millsboro (5%) and Georgetown (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
10 of 412 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 402 Dagsboro residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 309 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dagsboro.

402live here, work elsewhere
10live and work here
309work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Dagsboro goes to work

Bethany BeachFrankfordDagsboroDelmarOcean ViewLewesSelbyvilleGeorgetownSeafordBridgevilleMillsboroMilfordWilmingtonDoverOcean CitySalisburyOcean PinesSelbyvilleMillsboroGeorgetownMilfordOcean ViewLewesBethany BeachDoverSalisburyDagsboro
1
Selbyville6.3 mi away
7%27
2
Millsboro4.8 mi away
5%22
3
Georgetown12.5 mi away
5%19
4
Milford26.9 mi away
4%18
5
Ocean View8.1 mi away
3%13
6
Lewes17 mi away
3%13
7
Bethany Beach9.8 mi away
3%11
8
Dover45 mi away
3%11
9
Salisbury, MD21.9 mi away
3%11
10
Dagsboro (in town)right here
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
62%257

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

How far

How far Dagsboro commutes

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

41%Under 10 mi
30%10–24 mi
9%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Dagsboro is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dagsboro are

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

Jobs based in Dagsboro

319 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)69%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month47%
Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Dagsboro residents hold

412 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month56%
+8%

Jobs based in Dagsboro, 2013 → 2023: 295 → 319. 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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