Work & commute · Selbyville

Work & commute in Selbyville, DE

Most working residents leave Selbyville for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Ocean City (5%), Salisbury (3%) and Berlin (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

142 of 1,182 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,040 Selbyville residents head out of town to work, 142 work right here, and 2,857 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Selbyville.

1,040live here, work elsewhere

142live and work here

2,857work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Selbyville goes to work

Selbyville (in town)right here

12%142

Ocean City, MD8.1 mi away

5%60

Salisbury, MD21.5 mi away

3%41

Berlin, MD9 mi away

3%39

Dover51.2 mi away

3%38

Millsboro10.6 mi away

3%35

Georgetown18.6 mi away

3%32

Ocean View7.9 mi away

2%25

Millville6.7 mi away

2%20

Wilmington89.8 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%731

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

How far

How far Selbyville commutes

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

47%

26%

21%

47%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Selbyville is a job hub

2.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Selbyville are

2,999 jobs are based in Selbyville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Selbyville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Selbyville

2,999 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Selbyville residents hold

1,182 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+20%

Jobs based in Selbyville, 2013 → 2023: 2,491 → 2,999. 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.