Work & commute · Georgetown

Work & commute in Georgetown, DE

Most working residents leave Georgetown for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Milford (4%), Dover (4%) and Seaford (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

333 of 2,487 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 2,154 Georgetown residents head out of town to work, 333 work right here, and 6,471 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Georgetown.

2,154live here, work elsewhere

333live and work here

6,471work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Georgetown goes to work

Georgetown (in town)right here

13%333

Milford15.3 mi away

4%99

Dover33.3 mi away

4%93

Seaford12.4 mi away

3%74

Millsboro8 mi away

3%63

Lewes14.5 mi away

2%56

Wilmington72.7 mi away

2%42

Rehoboth Beach16.6 mi away

2%41

Selbyville18.6 mi away

2%40

Smyrna43.5 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%1,619

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

How far

How far Georgetown commutes

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

34%

36%

10%

21%

34%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Georgetown is a job hub

2.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Georgetown are

6,804 jobs are based in Georgetown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Georgetown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Georgetown

6,804 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Georgetown residents hold

2,487 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+22%

Jobs based in Georgetown, 2013 → 2023: 5,569 → 6,804. 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.