Work & commute · Greenwood

Work & commute in Greenwood, DE

Most working residents leave Greenwood for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Seaford (6%), Milford (6%) and Georgetown (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 417 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 405 Greenwood residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 484 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenwood.

405live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

484work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenwood goes to work

Seaford10.4 mi away

6%25

Milford11.5 mi away

6%24

Georgetown13.6 mi away

6%23

Dover24.7 mi away

4%17

Harrington8.3 mi away

3%14

Bridgeville5.7 mi away

3%13

Greenwood (in town)right here

3%12

Wilmington64.2 mi away

2%10

Federalsburg, MD12.6 mi away

1%6

Milton15 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%269

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

How far

How far Greenwood commutes

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

28%

40%

12%

20%

28%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenwood is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenwood are

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

Jobs based in Greenwood

496 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Greenwood residents hold

417 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+158%

Jobs based in Greenwood, 2013 → 2023: 192 → 496. 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.