Work & commute · Edgemoor

Work & commute in Edgemoor, DE

Most working residents leave Edgemoor for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (15%), New Castle (4%) and Philadelphia (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

85 of 2,881 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,796 Edgemoor residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 2,211 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edgemoor.

2,796live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

2,211work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edgemoor goes to work

Wilmington1.9 mi away

15%445

New Castle6.6 mi away

4%116

Philadelphia, PA26.5 mi away

4%112

Edgemoor (in town)right here

3%85

Dover41 mi away

2%48

Newark14.4 mi away

2%44

Glasgow16.6 mi away

1%35

Concord, PA8.4 mi away

1%31

Wilmington Manor6.3 mi away

1%29

Brookside12.3 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%1,907

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

How far

How far Edgemoor commutes

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

63%

22%

63%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edgemoor is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Edgemoor are

2,296 jobs are based in Edgemoor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edgemoor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Edgemoor

2,296 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Edgemoor residents hold

2,881 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+37%

Jobs based in Edgemoor, 2013 → 2023: 1,673 → 2,296. 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.