Work & commute · Milford

Work & commute in Milford, DE

About one in 5 of Milford’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Dover (7%), Georgetown (6%) and Lewes (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

984 of 4,395 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 3,411 Milford residents head out of town to work, 984 work right here, and 7,447 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milford.

3,411live here, work elsewhere

984live and work here

7,447work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milford goes to work

Milford (in town)right here

22%984

Dover18.1 mi away

7%292

Georgetown15.3 mi away

6%259

Lewes17.5 mi away

3%122

Wilmington57.4 mi away

2%108

Seaford20.2 mi away

2%70

Harrington8 mi away

2%66

New Castle53.1 mi away

1%64

Smyrna28.4 mi away

1%62

Camden14.9 mi away

1%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%2,323

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

How far

How far Milford commutes

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

32%

38%

23%

32%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milford is a job hub

1.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Milford are

8,431 jobs are based in Milford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Milford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Milford

8,431 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Milford residents hold

4,395 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+5%

Jobs based in Milford, 2013 → 2023: 8,028 → 8,431. 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.