Work & commute · Newark

Work & commute in Newark, DE

Most working residents leave Newark for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (8%), Philadelphia (4%) and Dover (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,039 of 9,056 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,017 Newark residents head out of town to work, 1,039 work right here, and 11,904 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newark.

8,017live here, work elsewhere

1,039live and work here

11,904work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newark goes to work

Newark (in town)right here

11%1,039

Wilmington12.6 mi away

8%744

Philadelphia, PA40.3 mi away

4%324

Dover37.9 mi away

2%226

New Castle10.2 mi away

2%220

Middletown16.4 mi away

2%150

Brookside2.8 mi away

2%139

Elkton, MD6 mi away

1%120

Glasgow5.3 mi away

1%99

Bear5.8 mi away

1%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%5,911

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

How far

How far Newark commutes

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

50%

26%

14%

10%

50%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newark is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Newark are

12,943 jobs are based in Newark. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newark’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newark

12,943 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Newark residents hold

9,056 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−32%

Jobs based in Newark, 2013 → 2023: 19,036 → 12,943. 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.