Work & commute · Port Penn

Work & commute in Port Penn, DE

Most working residents leave Port Penn for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (10%), Newark (6%) and Middletown (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 71 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 71 Port Penn residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Penn.

71live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port Penn goes to work

Wilmington15.5 mi away

10%7

Newark14.6 mi away

6%4

Middletown8.9 mi away

4%3

Dover24.7 mi away

3%2

Chadds Ford, PA24.1 mi away

3%2

Harrington40.7 mi away

1%1

New Castle10.7 mi away

1%1

Smyrna15.3 mi away

1%1

Havre de Grace, MD28.4 mi away

1%1

Baltimore, MD56.9 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%48

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

How far

How far Port Penn commutes

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

68%

14%

9%Under 10 mi

68%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port Penn is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Penn are

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

Jobs based in Port Penn

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month14%

Jobs Port Penn residents hold

71 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month82%

+367%

Jobs based in Port Penn, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 14. 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.