Work & commute · South Bethany

Work & commute in South Bethany, DE

Most working residents leave South Bethany for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bethany Beach (8%), Dover (7%) and Wilmington (5%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 109 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

47%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 107 South Bethany residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Bethany.

107live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

167work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Bethany goes to work

Bethany Beach1.5 mi away

8%9

Dover51 mi away

7%8

Wilmington88 mi away

5%5

Rehoboth Beach14 mi away

3%3

Easton, MD57.5 mi away

3%3

South Bethany (in town)right here

2%2

Ocean View2.5 mi away

2%2

Lewes18.7 mi away

2%2

Selbyville8.8 mi away

2%2

Georgetown21.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%71

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

How far

How far South Bethany commutes

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

28%

15%

11%

46%

28%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Bethany is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Bethany are

169 jobs are based in South Bethany. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Bethany’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Bethany

169 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs South Bethany residents hold

109 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+30%

Jobs based in South Bethany, 2013 → 2023: 130 → 169. 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.