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Work & commute · Townsend

Work & commute in Townsend, DE

Most working residents leave Townsend for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Middletown (14%), Wilmington (8%) and New Castle (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
19 of 1,318 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
35 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
26%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,299 Townsend residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 262 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Townsend.

1,299live here, work elsewhere
19live and work here
262work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Townsend goes to work

TownsendClaytonNew CastleSeafordSmyrnaNewarkWilmingtonMiddletownDoverPhiladelphiaBrooksideBearGlasgowMiddletownWilmingtonNew CastleDoverPhiladelphiaSmyrnaNewarkGlasgowBearTownsend
1
Middletown2.7 mi away
14%181
2
Wilmington24.5 mi away
8%105
3
New Castle19.6 mi away
4%50
4
Dover19.4 mi away
4%48
5
Philadelphia, PA51.5 mi away
3%44
6
Smyrna9 mi away
3%40
7
Newark19.1 mi away
2%28
8
Glasgow13.8 mi away
2%28
9
Bear14.8 mi away
2%20
10
Townsend (in town)right here
1%19
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%755

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

How far

How far Townsend commutes

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

22%Under 10 mi
48%10–24 mi
19%25–50 mi
10%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Townsend is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Townsend are

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

Jobs based in Townsend

281 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)6%
Trade, transport & utilities6%
Services (health, schools, offices…)88%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Townsend residents hold

1,318 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month68%
+18%

Jobs based in Townsend, 2013 → 2023: 239 → 281. 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.

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