Work & commute · Hockessin

Work & commute in Hockessin, DE

Most working residents leave Hockessin for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (14%), Newark (3%) and Philadelphia (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

365 of 5,691 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,326 Hockessin residents head out of town to work, 365 work right here, and 3,530 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hockessin.

5,326live here, work elsewhere

365live and work here

3,530work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hockessin goes to work

Wilmington8.4 mi away

14%772

Hockessin (in town)right here

6%365

Newark8.4 mi away

3%168

Philadelphia, PA32.8 mi away

3%150

Pike Creek Valley4 mi away

2%107

Dover43.8 mi away

2%100

New Castle9.8 mi away

1%79

Pike Creek2.6 mi away

1%63

Greenville3.5 mi away

1%62

Brookside8.2 mi away

1%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%3,777

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

How far

How far Hockessin commutes

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

72%

13%

72%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hockessin is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hockessin are

3,895 jobs are based in Hockessin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hockessin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hockessin

3,895 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Hockessin residents hold

5,691 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+23%

Jobs based in Hockessin, 2013 → 2023: 3,159 → 3,895. 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.