Work & commute · Kent Acres

Work & commute in Kent Acres, DE

Most working residents leave Kent Acres for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Dover (31%), Wilmington (4%) and Camden (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 867 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 858 Kent Acres residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 390 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kent Acres.

858live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

390work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kent Acres goes to work

Dover2 mi away

31%266

Wilmington41.7 mi away

4%36

Camden3.2 mi away

4%35

Milford16.2 mi away

4%33

Smyrna12.3 mi away

3%27

New Castle37.3 mi away

3%24

Middletown23.9 mi away

2%18

Highland Acres1.1 mi away

1%11

Newark39.8 mi away

1%9

Philadelphia, PA63.9 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%399

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

How far

How far Kent Acres commutes

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

46%

13%

32%

46%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kent Acres is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kent Acres are

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

Jobs based in Kent Acres

399 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Kent Acres residents hold

867 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−18%

Jobs based in Kent Acres, 2013 → 2023: 488 → 399. 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.