Work & commute · Newport

Work & commute in Newport, DE

Most working residents leave Newport for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (13%), New Castle (6%) and Philadelphia (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 372 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 365 Newport residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 2,330 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newport.

365live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

2,330work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newport goes to work

Wilmington4.1 mi away

13%50

New Castle3.7 mi away

6%24

Philadelphia, PA32.2 mi away

2%9

Brookside6.4 mi away

2%8

Newport (in town)right here

2%7

Dover38.5 mi away

2%7

Bear7.8 mi away

2%7

Newark8.5 mi away

2%6

Elkton, MD13.8 mi away

1%5

New Garden, PA10.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%245

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

How far

How far Newport commutes

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

76%

76%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newport is a job hub

6.28jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Newport are

2,337 jobs are based in Newport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newport

2,337 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Newport residents hold

372 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−4%

Jobs based in Newport, 2013 → 2023: 2,426 → 2,337. 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.