Work & commute · Seaford

Work & commute in Seaford, DE

Most working residents leave Seaford for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Georgetown (7%), Hurlock (4%) and Milford (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

536 of 3,495 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 2,959 Seaford residents head out of town to work, 536 work right here, and 5,338 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seaford.

2,959live here, work elsewhere

536live and work here

5,338work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seaford goes to work

Seaford (in town)right here

15%536

Georgetown12.4 mi away

7%248

Hurlock, MD13.9 mi away

4%147

Milford20.2 mi away

4%135

Dover35.1 mi away

3%118

Salisbury, MD19.6 mi away

3%92

Federalsburg, MD8.9 mi away

2%71

Selbyville25.9 mi away

2%69

Wilmington74.6 mi away

2%67

Bridgeville4.7 mi away

2%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,949

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

How far

How far Seaford commutes

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

31%

37%

13%

19%

31%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seaford is a job hub

1.68jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Seaford are

5,874 jobs are based in Seaford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Seaford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Seaford

5,874 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Seaford residents hold

3,495 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+1%

Jobs based in Seaford, 2013 → 2023: 5,814 → 5,874. 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.