Work & commute · Wilmington Manor

Work & commute in Wilmington Manor, DE

Most working residents leave Wilmington Manor for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (11%), New Castle (6%) and Newark (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

107 of 3,808 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,701 Wilmington Manor residents head out of town to work, 107 work right here, and 2,830 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilmington Manor.

3,701live here, work elsewhere

107live and work here

2,830work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilmington Manor goes to work

Wilmington4.4 mi away

11%410

New Castle1.5 mi away

6%230

Wilmington Manor (in town)right here

3%107

Newark9.2 mi away

2%92

Philadelphia, PA32.8 mi away

2%90

Dover36.5 mi away

2%86

Middletown18.3 mi away

2%73

Bear6.9 mi away

1%55

Brookside6.6 mi away

1%42

Glasgow10.4 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%2,581

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

How far

How far Wilmington Manor commutes

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

73%

12%

73%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilmington Manor is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilmington Manor are

2,937 jobs are based in Wilmington Manor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wilmington Manor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wilmington Manor

2,937 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Wilmington Manor residents hold

3,808 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+14%

Jobs based in Wilmington Manor, 2013 → 2023: 2,569 → 2,937. 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.