Work & commute · Slaughter Beach

Work & commute in Slaughter Beach, DE

Most working residents leave Slaughter Beach for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Milford (17%), Lewes (9%) and Dover (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 81 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 81 Slaughter Beach residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Slaughter Beach.

81live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

79work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Slaughter Beach goes to work

Milford5.9 mi away

17%14

Lewes13.3 mi away

9%7

Dover20.1 mi away

6%5

Georgetown16.3 mi away

4%3

Smyrna30.5 mi away

4%3

Greenwood16.8 mi away

2%2

Seaford24.2 mi away

2%2

Newark57.6 mi away

2%2

Wilmington57.6 mi away

2%2

South Bethany31 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%40

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

How far

How far Slaughter Beach commutes

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

21%

50%

13%

16%

21%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Slaughter Beach is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Slaughter Beach are

79 jobs are based in Slaughter Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Slaughter Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Slaughter Beach

79 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Slaughter Beach residents hold

81 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+204%

Jobs based in Slaughter Beach, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 79. 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.