Work & commute · New Castle

Work & commute in New Castle, DE

Most working residents leave New Castle for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (12%), Philadelphia (3%) and Dover (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

191 of 2,518 working residents

Typical commute

7 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 2,327 New Castle residents head out of town to work, 191 work right here, and 14,347 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Castle.

2,327live here, work elsewhere

191live and work here

14,347work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Castle goes to work

Wilmington4.9 mi away

12%294

New Castle (in town)right here

8%191

Philadelphia, PA32.8 mi away

3%81

Dover35.3 mi away

3%76

Newark10.2 mi away

3%63

Middletown17.7 mi away

1%35

Brookside7.5 mi away

1%29

Glasgow10.7 mi away

1%29

Newport3.7 mi away

1%26

Wilmington Manor1.5 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%1,669

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

How far

How far New Castle commutes

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

65%

14%

12%

65%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Castle is a job hub

5.77jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Castle are

14,538 jobs are based in New Castle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Castle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Castle

14,538 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities83%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs New Castle residents hold

2,518 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+88%

Jobs based in New Castle, 2013 → 2023: 7,733 → 14,538. 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.