Work & commute · Pike Creek

Work & commute in Pike Creek, DE

Most working residents leave Pike Creek for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (14%), Newark (4%) and Hockessin (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

64 of 3,535 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 3,471 Pike Creek residents head out of town to work, 64 work right here, and 1,077 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pike Creek.

3,471live here, work elsewhere

64live and work here

1,077work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pike Creek goes to work

Wilmington8.7 mi away

14%487

Newark5.9 mi away

4%141

Hockessin2.6 mi away

3%122

Pike Creek Valley1.5 mi away

3%93

Philadelphia, PA34.8 mi away

3%92

Pike Creek (in town)right here

2%64

Brookside5.7 mi away

1%48

New Castle8.7 mi away

1%47

Dover41.7 mi away

1%45

Glasgow10.5 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%2,359

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

How far

How far Pike Creek commutes

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

75%

11%

75%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pike Creek is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.32 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Pike Creek are

1,141 jobs are based in Pike Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pike Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pike Creek

1,141 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Pike Creek residents hold

3,535 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−3%

Jobs based in Pike Creek, 2013 → 2023: 1,176 → 1,141. 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.