Work & commute · Dover Base Housing

Work & commute in Dover Base Housing, DE

Most working residents leave Dover Base Housing for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Dover (10%), Wilmington (6%) and New Castle (5%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 595 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 587 Dover Base Housing residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 215 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dover Base Housing.

587live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

215work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dover Base Housing goes to work

Dover3.7 mi away

10%62

Wilmington42.9 mi away

6%36

New Castle38.5 mi away

5%28

Camden4.1 mi away

3%16

Philadelphia, PA64.5 mi away

3%16

Newark41.5 mi away

2%13

Middletown25.7 mi away

2%11

Georgetown29.9 mi away

2%9

Lewes29.6 mi away

1%8

Smyrna14.1 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%388

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

How far

How far Dover Base Housing commutes

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

19%

62%

16%

19%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

62%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dover Base Housing is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dover Base Housing are

223 jobs are based in Dover Base Housing. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dover Base Housing’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dover Base Housing

223 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Dover Base Housing residents hold

595 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+193%

Jobs based in Dover Base Housing, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 223. 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.