Work & commute · Ocean View

Work & commute in Ocean View, DE

Most working residents leave Ocean View for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Bethany Beach (5%), Millville (4%) and Dover (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 890 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 845 Ocean View residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 960 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ocean View.

845live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

960work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ocean View goes to work

Bethany Beach1.7 mi away

5%47

Ocean View (in town)right here

5%45

Millville1.8 mi away

4%33

Dover48.8 mi away

4%33

Lewes16.9 mi away

3%31

Selbyville7.9 mi away

3%27

Ocean City, MD8.8 mi away

3%26

Millsboro12.4 mi away

3%25

Wilmington86 mi away

2%22

Salisbury, MD28.8 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%580

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

How far

How far Ocean View commutes

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

43%

19%

29%

43%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ocean View is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ocean View are

1,005 jobs are based in Ocean View. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ocean View’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ocean View

1,005 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Ocean View residents hold

890 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+84%

Jobs based in Ocean View, 2013 → 2023: 545 → 1,005. 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.