Work & commute · Long Neck

Work & commute in Long Neck, DE

Most working residents leave Long Neck for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Lewes (4%), Georgetown (4%) and Rehoboth Beach (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

76 of 1,056 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 980 Long Neck residents head out of town to work, 76 work right here, and 382 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Long Neck.

980live here, work elsewhere

76live and work here

382work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Long Neck goes to work

Long Neck (in town)right here

7%76

Lewes10.9 mi away

4%41

Georgetown13 mi away

4%39

Rehoboth Beach7.9 mi away

3%34

Dover41.9 mi away

3%31

Millsboro8.6 mi away

2%25

Wilmington79.4 mi away

2%25

Selbyville11.4 mi away

2%16

Milford24.3 mi away

1%14

Salisbury, MD28.6 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

70%741

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

How far

How far Long Neck commutes

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

42%

21%

12%

26%

42%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Long Neck is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Long Neck are

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

Jobs based in Long Neck

458 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Long Neck residents hold

1,056 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+32%

Jobs based in Long Neck, 2013 → 2023: 347 → 458. 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.