Work & commute · Dewey Beach

Work & commute in Dewey Beach, DE

Most working residents leave Dewey Beach for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Rehoboth Beach (15%), Lewes (10%) and Dover (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 128 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 121 Dewey Beach residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 348 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dewey Beach.

121live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

348work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dewey Beach goes to work

Rehoboth Beach1.5 mi away

15%19

Lewes6.8 mi away

10%13

Dewey Beach (in town)right here

5%7

Dover40.1 mi away

3%4

Camden38.1 mi away

2%3

Smyrna50.4 mi away

2%3

Middletown62 mi away

2%3

New Castle72.3 mi away

2%2

Georgetown16.8 mi away

2%2

Wilmington75.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%70

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

How far

How far Dewey Beach commutes

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

51%

11%

10%

28%

51%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dewey Beach is a job hub

2.77jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dewey Beach are

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

Jobs based in Dewey Beach

355 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Dewey Beach residents hold

128 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+104%

Jobs based in Dewey Beach, 2013 → 2023: 174 → 355. 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.